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Boeing receives authorisation for additional Tracking and Data Relay Satellite

December 1st, 2011 by

Boeing has received a US$289 million contract modification from NASA, exercising an option to add Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) M to the existing TDRS fleet.
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EUMETSAT gives green light for MSG-4 launch in 2015

December 1st, 2011 by

EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 74th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on 29 November.
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Eutelsat to rename (almost) entire satellite fleet

December 1st, 2011 by

Eutelsat Communications announced that from 1 March 2012 it will be unifying the names of its satellites around the established Eutelsat brand. From this date, the Group’s satellites will take the Eutelsat name associated with the relevant figure for their orbital position and a letter indicating their order of arrival at that position.
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Astrium achieves Initial System Acceptance on Yahsat programme

November 30th, 2011 by

Astrium Services and Thales Alenia Space (TAS)…Read more

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ESA’s Sentinel-2 shapes up for testing

November 30th, 2011 by

An important milestone has been reached in the…Read more

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ATK awarded UltraFlex solar array contract from Orbital

November 30th, 2011 by

ATK was awarded a US$20 million contract by…Read more

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Ball Aerospace selected by NASA to study solar electric propulsion spacecraft

November 30th, 2011 by

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it…Read more

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NanoSail-D de-orbited

November 30th, 2011 by

After spending more than 240 days…Read more

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