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ISRO has ruled out possibility of the stuxnet worm attacking its INSAT-4B satellite, resulting in 12 of its 24 transponders shutting down, the Times of India reported.
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Four Secondary Mirror Support Structure (SMSS) struts for the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) pathfinder were delivered in late August to Northrop Grumman Corporation by teammate Alliant Techsystems (ATK).
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Japan will reportedly build a backup for the country’s two radar imaging satellites currently under construction.
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A Proton M/Briz M is to launch the XM-5 satellite on 14 October, 1853 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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China’s second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’e-2, has successfully completed its second braking at perilune.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope continues to make significant progress, successfully completing a series of sunshield vent tests that validate the telescope’s sunshield design.
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COM DEV Europe, a subsidiary of space hardware manufacturer COM DEV International Ltd., announced that it has signed a EUR5 million contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of new SB-SAT (SwiftBroadband for Satellite) technology.

China’s second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’e-2, completed its first braking, which successfully allowed it to enter a 12-hour orbit, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC).
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