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Archive for October 18th, 2013

Astrium to build instruments for next-gen weather satellite

October 18th, 2013 by

Astrium has been awarded a EUR230 million contract as prime contractor for next-generation Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI-NG) instruments by the French Space Agency (CNES).

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SES-GS: USAF extends hosted payload contract

October 18th, 2013 by

SES Government Solutions (SES-GS) has been awarded a two-year contract extension with U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The contract allows the Air Force to continue its research and development mission through the use of the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) aboard the SES-2 satellite.

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