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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has received the initial payment due under the US$254 million contract for the provision of a communication satellite system to the National Space Agency of Ukraine.
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Astrium Space Transportation and ESA have signed a EUR35 million contract for the full development of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) for the International Space Station (ISS). This contract follows on from several years of pre-development under the prime contractorship of Astrium.
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ISS-Reshetnev has conducted initial tests of an experimental qualification model (EQM) of the Kosmos-SKh remote sensing satellite, the company said.
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The Scientific and Technical Council of ISS-Reshetnev held an extended meeting to discuss the work schedule for the Gonets-D1M global personal communications satellite system.
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Eutelsat Communications and ictQATAR (representing the State of Qatar) announced that following an international consultation, Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the high-performance satellite they will jointly own and operate at the 25.5 degrees East location in geostationary orbit.

Cartosat-2B, the Indian remote-sensing satellite put in orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) on 12 July, is in good condition and will become operational in a week.

Astrium Services and Cisco have signed a Technology Partnership Agreement (TPA) to study the applications of space-based routers.

South Korea’s COMS-1 (Communications, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite) has begun in-orbit testing, the government said.
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