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An international campaign to assess the imminent atmospheric reentry of Russia’s Fobos-Grunt Mars craft is being coordinated by experts in ESA’s Space Debris Office. Participants include NASA and Roskosmos as part of the 12-member Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee. Most predictions expect the reentry to occur late on 15 or early on 16 January (UTC).Other Posts:Telenor Expands Equipment, Services For GSA ContractWunderkind MikeArianespace again posts small profitGPS next-generation design reviews, programme demosAir Force Orders Fifth Wideband Gapfiller SatelliteThe Affordability and No-Hassle Installation Process of Satellite TVBoeing gets the green light for construction of sixth WGS satelliteDiscovery starts ambitious mission to the ISS

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$238 million contract for production of the third and fourth satellites in the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation, known as GPS III.Other Posts:WorldSpace to terminate Indian service on 31 DecemberGeoEye orders new imaging satellite from Lockheed MartinGeneral Dynamics to support AIRSS programmeCommercial spy satellite delivered to launch siteNilesat takes five Eutelsat transpondersNew date for Ariane 5 launch with Yahsat Y1A, New DawnMultilingual Television Viewing From Satellite TVBBC’s TV Coverage of Glastonbury 2011 Shines Again, Unlike the Weather

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft successfully refined its flight path with the biggest manoeuvre planned for the mission’s journey between Earth and Mars. The manoeuvre aligned the spacecraft’s trajectory with its landing target.Other Posts:Advantech Satellite Networks Names Sales DirectorWavestream Appoints New Executive Vice President of Engineering and TechnologyBoeing recommends hosted payloads for MILSATCOMSpace shuttle Discovery concludes STS-119 missionThaicom reports 22 new contractsLatest U.S. spy satellite ‘comprehensive failure’ — reportDirecTV results Q1 2007Update: Zenit 3SLB lifts off with Intelsat 18

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said it has not yet made a decision to proceed with its commercial Space Infrastructure Servicing Initiative.Other Posts:Orbital Express resumes unmated operationsNew rules for commercial U.S. rocket launchesWildBlue to lease Ka-band capacity from EchoStarC-Com Sets Up Service Center In ChinaGlobalstar, Inc. results Q2 2010ATCi integrates teleport for AGH Media GroupCable or Satellite TV – Which One to Choose?Secretive U.S. military space plane mission launched

The recently launched Zi Yuan 3 satellite has sent back its first set of visual data.Other Posts:Intelsat, Ltd. results Q2 2007Military Communications Programs Making ProgressHarris to provide antennas for Inmarsat-5 satellitesCryogenic test of all JWST flight mirrors completedVerizon Taps Globecast To Boost International OfferingLockheed Martin ships Juno spacecraft to NASAHugo Chavez claims Venesat is operationalNorthrop Grumman Corp. (Aerospace Systems) results Q1 2011

Frequency Electronics Inc. has been awarded follow-on contracts to provide timing and microwave frequency sources for the next two satellites of the Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) satellite programme.Other Posts:Satamatics Connects 100,000th Satellite-Tracking SubscriberWorldSpace, Inc. results Q3 2006Mexico tries again to to auction Ka-band licenseMESSENGER visits Mercury for the second timeDLR Center takes over operation of PRISMA satellitesArianespace to launch Mexican satellite Mexsat 3Alcatel-Lucent Begins OperationsEDUSAT reportedly reaches end of life

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS III satellites from launch through early on-orbit testing.
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Boeing has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies.
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