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The U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon Company for an initial contract of US$886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites.
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NASA and the Italian Space Agency announced a new use for an existing Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) known as “Leonardo.” It will be transformed into a Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) for the International Space Station.
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Thales Alenia Space has delivered the YahSat 1A communication module to EADS Astrium, for integration on their platform and tests.
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After seven years in orbit and 15 laser-operation campaigns, NASA’s ICESat has stopped collecting science data.
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Thales Alenia Space and French Space Agency (CNES) have signed a contract under which TAS will build the Jason-3 satellite.
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The Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center has assigned OHB-System AG overall system management for the definition phase (Phase B) of a future German Orbital Servicing Mission (DEOS, Deutsche Orbitale Servicing-Mission). Accordingly, the Bremen-based space technology company will be assuming system responsibility within the preparatory mission and product definition activities.
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NASA’s Mars Odyssey has begun a second campaign to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has revived itself after the northern Martian winter. The orbiter received no signal from the lander during the first 10 overflights of this campaign.
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Boeing announced that the commercial launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) is scheduled for 2/3 March aboard a Delta IV rocket.
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