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Raytheon Company was awarded a US$1.5 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for phase one of the agency’s Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) programme.

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The Russian Yamal-402 satellite used its own engines and fuel for the third time on 12 December to continue a push to its planned geostationary orbit, following a partial launch failure last weekend, Russia’s Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) company said.

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Satmex announced that an extensive three month testing and analysis conducted by COMSAT Technical Services (“CTS”) regarding the remaining lifetime of Satmex 5 has just been completed. Satmex contracted CTS to conduct a detailed Propellant Gauging System (PGS) study of Satmex 5 in September 2012.

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The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded a US$17.5 million contract to Kratos Technology and Training Solutions, Inc., to sustain and provide post-production development for its Command and Control System-Consolidated.

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Sofradir, a developer and manufacturer of infrared detectors for military, space and industrial applications, announces that ISRO/SAC, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Space Applications Center in Ahmedabad has awarded Sofradir a 2.5 year infrared detector contract.

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Specialists from Thales Alenia Space have carried out a second out of four scheduled manoeuvres to bring the Yamal-402 satellite into its designated orbit, Russia’s Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) company said.

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The Amazonas 3 telecommunications satellite, with a launch date forecast for early next year from Kourou (French Guiana), is in the final phase of its construction process at Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California, Hispasat announced.

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Globalstar, Inc. announced that all six satellites scheduled for launch in early February are now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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