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Thales Alenia Space signs BepiColombo contract with Astrium

December 6th, 2012 by

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract worth about EUR200 million with Astrium GmbH for BepiColombo, the European spacecraft designed to explore Mercury. The two companies first signed an ATP (Authorisation To Proceed) in 2007, kicking off work on this programme.

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Delay of the day: Russia postpones year-end GLONASS-K satellite launch

December 4th, 2012 by

The launch of Russia’s second GLONASS-K…Read more

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CGWIC announces contracts

December 4th, 2012 by

CGWIC said it has signed six international or…Read more

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Lockheed, Orbital, SpaceX awarded contract by USAF

December 4th, 2012 by

Lockheed Martin Corp., Orbital Sciences Corp. and…Read more

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NASA plans to launch new Mars rover in 2020

December 4th, 2012 by

NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year…Read more

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RSCC open call for tenders to build Ekspress-AMU1

December 4th, 2012 by

Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)…Read more

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Third Galileo satellite begins transmitting navigation signal

December 4th, 2012 by

Europe’s third Galileo satellite has…Read more

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Retired GIOVE-A satellite achieves first High Altitude GPS navigation fix

December 4th, 2012 by

An experimental GPS receiver, built by Surrey…Read more

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