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Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd. announced that it is supplying its STX3 chipset for integration into an upcoming cattle monitoring solution. MOOnitor, which will go into production in 2016, uses neck-mounted collars to measure cattle activity and convert it to herd management information, allowing ranchers to quickly react to developing situations and events.

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Terminal Velocity Aerospace, LLC (TVA) has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) for development of a prototype small payload return capsule.

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Thales Alenia Space today inaugurated the new industrial complex in L’Aquila, completely rebuilt after the company’s historic establishment was declared unfit for occupancy due to the serious damage suffered during the earthquake of 6 April 2009.

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NASA has selected 12 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program.

The ViaSat-1 satellite that powers Exede Internet service has earned a Guinness World Records title as the highest-capacity communications satellite in the world.

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