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Boeing announced that it has completed the on-orbit handover of the DirecTV 12 satellite. DirecTV will use the Boeing 702HP satellite to provide high-definition television (HDTV) broadcasting to local and national markets throughout the United States.
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NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has started a fourth and final campaign to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has come back to life.
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Russia plans to launch 14 GLONASS-M satellites until the end of 2012, according to Nikolay Testoyedov, general designer and general director of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems.
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Lockheed Martin announced the award of a contract by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam to build the Vinasat-2 satellite. In-orbit delivery is slated for the second quarter of 2012. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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SSTL has announced that it will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia, on 29 October 2010.
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“Johannes Kepler,” the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), is on its way to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed a contract in excess of US$10 million with Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) to provide an advanced technology solution.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) said it has been selected to provide a satellite for Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V.