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A radiation-resistant version of NRAM carbon-nanotube-based memory, developed jointly by Lockheed Martin and Nantero, was tested on a recent Space Shuttle mission.
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Thales Alenia Space announced that the Palapa-D communications satellite has successfully passed the In Orbit Acceptance Review.
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The Japanese weather satellite Himawari 6 (aka MTSAT 1R) has resumed operations.
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The Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) signed an agreement that starts a Sri Lankan national space capability.
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Eutelsat Communications and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced the execution of a strategic agreement for commercial co-operation at the 75 degrees East orbital location.
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Astrium has signed a partnership agreement with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) to develop an Earth observation optical satellite system.

Mission controllers confirmed that ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 0745 UTC as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for the journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014.

Dutch Space, an EADS Astrium company, has signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation for the development of solar arrays for NASA’s new cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) to be carried out under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) project.
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