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ESA’s pioneering Artemis satellite has marked a decade in space. The Advanced Relay and Technology Mission was to prove new technologies such as laser links and ion thrusters in space.

Space professionals at U.S. Air Force Space Command recently marked the two-year anniversary of the launch of the Tactical Satellite 3 and its primary payload ARTEMIS, the Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer sensor.
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Since opening its Tokyo office in 1986, Arianespace has won 27 launch contracts in Japan out of the 36 open to competition, giving it a market share of 75 percent.
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