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After 10 years of service, Envisat has stopped sending data to Earth. ESA’s mission control is working to re-establish contact with the satellite.
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This week, the GOES-7 satellite, one of NOAA’s earliest geostationary satellites, was moved into a higher orbit and retired from service. Launched in 1987, GOES-7 first served as a critical weather satellite, capturing images of developing hurricanes and other severe storms that impacted the United States.
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Boeing announced that the U.S. Air Force accepted control of the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite on 11 April after the spacecraft passed several weeks of on-orbit tests.
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Lockheed Martin has delivered its 100th and 101st commercial geostationary communications satellites in preparation for the first dual launch of satellites built by Lockheed Martin aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.
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As part of the activities to bring the European satellite system, Galileo, to full operational capacity, performance verification tests on the first two operational satellites launched on 21 October 2011, have been successfully completed at Telespazio’s Space Centre in Fucino.Other Posts:Delays of the day: Kizuna, Chandrayaan 1Khrunichev to tackle QC problems with ‘quality initiative’Camera Crews in IsraelFrequency Electronics to provide more parts for military comsatsProspects For Commercial Launch Industry Looking More StableTurner to distribute cable channels via EutelsatEU to rule on S-band spectrumEchoStar completes Hughes acquisition

An agreement was signed by ESA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for co-operation on Astro-H, an important mission that will provide a unique opportunity for probing extreme phenomena in the Universe.