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Cobham has been awarded a US$65 million contract to supply electronic systems to Boeing’s Wideband Global SATCOM satellite programme. The contract funds production on three satellite flight sets, with additional options for three more sets.Other Posts:Cheap Satellite TV – Where to Get ItHerschel and Planck integrated with launcherCOM DEV International Ltd. results Q2 FY 2012WGS SV-1 shipped to Cape CanaveralNew concept may enhance Earth-Mars communicationNewtec, UDCast To Develop Mobile TV Distribution SystemMetop-B arrives at launch siteO3b Networks announces O3bCell

NASA has chosen three teams to advance the state of the art for small spacecraft in the areas of communications, formation flying and docking systems. The flights are expected to take place in 2014 and 2015.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has become a member of the Hosted Payloads Alliance (HPA).
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AAI Test & Training, an operating unit of Textron Systems, announced that the company has received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide several factory line test systems for its multiple satellite production lines.

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The Russian Progress M-16M docked to the Pirs docking compartment at 0018 UTC on 2 August after just four orbits. The cargo craft launched earlier in the day from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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