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A team of researchers and collaborators from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences in Tucson has successfully conducted the first test flight of a prototype science instrument for a next-generation satellite mission to survey the impacts of aerosols and clouds on global climate change.
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The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) has approved a docking system standard. The international standard will provide guidelines for a common interface to link future spacecraft ranging from crewed to autonomous vehicles and from low-Earth orbit to deep-space exploration missions.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that XM-5, a satellite that it provided to Sirius XM Radio, America’s satellite radio company, is performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been awarded a grant to commence the design phase of a national technology demonstration satellite called TechDemoSat-1.

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) have contracted for Space Systems/Loral to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft which is scheduled for launch in 2013.

Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new system for docking and capturing space satellites based on robotics and computer vision technology to autonomously guide a space vehicle to dock and capture the satellites, the university said.

China’s second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’e-2, is expected to have enough fuel to fly back to Earth, the vice chief-designer of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said.

The payload of six Globalstar satellites for Arianespace’s upcoming Soyuz mission has been encapsulated in the protective ST payload fairing at Baikonur Cosmodrome, clearing the way for its integration on the launch vehicle for lift-off on 19 October. Lift-off of the Soyuz 2 is scheduled for 1710 UTC.
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