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Astrium has been selected by DirecTV to design and manufacture DirecTV 15, a new high-power telecommunications satellite to provide back-up capacity and fleet expansion for television services to U.S. customers in homes and businesses.

The U.S. Air Force is considering terminating the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) being developed by Northrop Grumman Corp, Reuters reported citing two sources familiar with the plans.

Europe’s first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads.

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 36.9% using a triple-junction compound solar cell in which the solar cell has a stacked three-layer structure.

ViaSat Inc. has announced that ViaSat-1, the highest capacity satellite in the world, is now positioned in geosynchronous orbit where it will begin in-orbit testing. Since launching on 19 October, ViaSat-1 has successfully completed all scheduled manoeuvres:
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The U.S. Air Force said it has successfully completed initial on-orbit testing for the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload.
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