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Both payloads for Arianespace’s sixth Ariane 5 mission of 2012 are now in French Guiana following this month’s delivery of the Star One C3 relay platform – which will join its Eutelsat 21B co-passenger on the next heavy-lift flight.
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Globalstar announced that it has taken delivery of the first two spacecraft for the fourth launch of six second-generation satellites.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that the EchoStar XVI satellite, designed and built for EchoStar Corporation, has arrived at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to be launched aboard a Proton Briz M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
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Indra said its technology supports the management and control of the two new Galileo satellites launched on 12 October. Under the technical supervision of the European Space Agency, the company has developed key stations and elements of the ground segment of the European global positioning system.
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A sodium guide star laser built by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) began operating recently on a telescope at Kirtland Air Force Base, greatly increasing the ability of AFRL scientists to acquire detailed images of objects in Earth orbit, Boeing said.
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Technicians and engineers are completing final system checks and spacecraft inspections on the first of NASA’s third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS). Boeing Space Systems will ship TDRS-K from its satellite assembly facility to Cape Canaveral in November. The December launch of TDRS-K will be aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
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Intelsat S.A. has accepted its second Boeing 702MP (Medium Power) satellite, Intelsat 21, which was launched 18 August and is enhancing Intelsat’s broadcast and communications services throughout four continents.
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