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Space Systems/Loral was selected to provide a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) to an affiliate of DISH Network . The satellite, EchoStar XVIII, is designed to provide sparing flexibility for the DISH Network fleet.

NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft recently completed a firing of its onboard rocket motors. The manoeuvre lasted 71 seconds, and changed its velocity by 2 meters per second.

ELIGOS Inc., an affiliate of The Elwing Company has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to permit the testing of the Elwing Company’s electrodeless plasma thruster technology at MSFC’s Propulsion Research and Development Laboratory.

ITT Exelis has successfully completed acceptance testing of the navigation payload element for the GPS III Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST), and shipped the pathfinder unit to prime contractor Lockheed Martin for thermal vacuum testing and space vehicle integration.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System’s (SBIRS) third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload. Lockheed Martin is the SBIRS prime contractor, Northrop Grumman is the payload integrator.

The U.S. Air Force recently announced that the first Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite and associated ground system is certified to enter dedicated operational utility evaluation and trial period operations as scheduled.

The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force successfully completed final checkout for launch.
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