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During a planned contact on 14 March, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft experienced a safe mode event but remains healthy.
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On 15 March 2011, the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) at the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen took over operation of the Swedish PRISMA satellite mission.
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The Alphasat I-XL communications module was mated with the Alphabus platform, enabling the huge satellite to take shape and enter its final assembly and test phase at the Astrium facilities in Toulouse, France.
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Avanti Communications Group plc said it formally completed in orbit testing of the HYLAS 1 satellite yesterday.
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Intelsat S.A. announced that it has entered into an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. for the servicing of Intelsat’s on-orbit satellites via a space-based service vehicle to be provided by MDA.
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The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Position System, GPS III, has successfully completed the programme’s first major flight software integration milestone.
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