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GMV has been awarded a EUR3 million contract to provide the control centre of the new Spanish satellite Paz, due for launch at the end of next year.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation said it was the industrial partner to three of five finalists for the next round of NASA’s small space science missions.
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The Deputy Head of the Industry and Research Institute of the Iranian Defense Ministry, Mohammad Eslami, said Iran would launch the Toloo (“Dawn”; sometimes also transcribed Tolou) imaging satellite into space next year.
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China successfully carried out its first docking exercise between two unmanned spacecraft as the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft joined the Tiangong 1 module about 340 km above Earth.

The U.S. Air Force’s first Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite has completed initial activation of the protected communications payload and has begun on-orbit testing.

The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the next Landsat satellite came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing on 4 October at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

EMCORE Corporation has been awarded a contract by ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), Greenbelt, Maryland for the design, manufacturing and delivery of solar panels for NASA Ames’ Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission.
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In order to enhance the benefits of its meteoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) programmes, NASA should re-prioritise, re-focus, and expand the programs’ efforts, according to a recent report from the U.S. National Research Council.
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