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The Washington D.C.-based Arthur C. Clarke Foundation has honoured Giuliano Berretta, Chairman of the Board of Eutelsat Communications, as the 2010 winner of the “Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award.”
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QinetiQ’s ion propulsion team has been named “team of the year” for its outstanding contribution to space exploration at the recent Sir Arthur Clarke awards.
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The final astronaut visit to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in May 2009 was the most difficult, and its success equipped the telescope with the systems and scientific instruments that will allow it to continue its magnificent exploration of the universe well into the next decade. The Space Foundation recognised the team that put together that mission and carried it out with their 2010 Space Achievement Award.

The team that operates NASA’s Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity will receive the 2010 International Space Ops Award for Outstanding Achievement.
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NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Boeing employees have won the 2008 NASA Software of the Year Award for the development of a general-purpose programme used to perform trajectory optimisation and performance studies for a wide variety of vehicles including aircraft, rockets, satellites and interplanetary vehicles.

Intelsat, Ltd. was named “Operator of the Year” at the 2009 SatCom Africa conference last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The World Teleport Association (WTA) announced the recipients of its 14th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence. The awards are presented each year to organisations and individuals whose achievements have been deemed exceptional by the international trade association and its awards committees, made up of industry members from across the globe.

Spectrolab Inc., a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary, this week received the 2008 SpotBeam Award for Space Innovation from the California Space Authority (CSA) in recognition of its 50 years of advancements in photovoltaic solar cell technology, solar panels and related products.