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Sirius XM-5, a Space Systems/Loral-built communications satellite that will be launched for Sirius XM Radio in October, has arrived at the Baikonur Launch Base onboard an Antonov-124 cargo aircraft on 12 September.
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Harris Corporation announced that Lockheed Martin Space Systems company (LMSSC) will use its OS/COMET telemetry, tracking, and command software for the Orion Program’s Telemetry System to serve NASA’s new Orion crew exploration vehicle.
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China’s recently launched Sinosat 6 (a.k.a. Xinnuo 6, Chinasat 6A) broadcast satellite reportedly suffers from a helium leak that will significantly shorten the spacecraft’s life time.

ESA said that a new software testbed allows the agency and industrial teams to get to grips with multiple-satellite missions to come, starting with Proba-3.

The Progress M-06M supply vessel, loaded with more than one ton of trash from the International Space Station (ISS), burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere as planned.
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NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the Sun closer than ever before. The project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later than 2018.
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ISS-Reshetnev said it continues testing the GLONASS-K navigation spacecraft.
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Integral Systems, Inc., announced that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded the company a US$1.5 million contract modification to its Command and Control System-Consolidated (CCS-C) contract.
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