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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has received funding from the Canadian Space Agency to advance key technologies to meet current and future needs of the Canadian Space Program.
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COM DEV USA, LLC, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. , announced that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$7 million to provide passive microwave equipment for a U.S. government space programme.
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The Planetary Society announced LightSail, a plan to sail a spacecraft on sunlight alone by the end of 2010, which will be made possible by a US$1 million anonymous donation.
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A team led by General Dynamics C4 Systems has successfully completed the second of three incremental ground segment tests for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the U.S. military’s next-generation narrowband satellite communications system.

Harris Corporation said it successfully completed the Systems Requirements Review of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite — Series R Ground Segment (GOES-R GS) programme.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has received a C$46 million contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop the next generation technologies and prototypes for international space exploration and spacecraft servicing missions.