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The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin have integrated the system module for the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite six months ahead of schedule. The milestone marks the completion of the first major phase in the satellite’s assembly, integration and test.

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Cooperation between ESA and Roskosmos on ExoMars, the European Mars exploration led by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, was officially approved by the members of the European Space Agency (ESA) on 19 November 2012.

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Independent visual observations seem to confirm that the recently launched Kwangmyongsong 3-2 is indeed tumbling in orbit.

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Thales Alenia Space, the manufacturer of the Yamal-402 satellite for Gazprom Space Systems, has carried out the fourth and the final manoeuvre to place the satellite into a planned geostationary orbit.

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China’s space probe Chang’e-2 has successfully conducted a manoeuvre in which it flew by the asteroid Toutatis, about seven million km away from the Earth.

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The status of North Korea’s recently launched Kwangmyongson 3 FM2 satellite appears to be unclear as contradicting reports have emerged.

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U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation – Information Systems in Redondo Beach, California, for the MILSATCOM Systems Directorate’s design and development of the Enhanced Polar System’s Control and Planning Segment.

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Raytheon Company was awarded a US$1.5 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for phase one of the agency’s Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) programme.

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