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The telescope element of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has successfully passed a critical design review verifying it will perform as designed, and now moves forward to final manufacturing steps and integration of all subsystems.
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is still in safe mode, but the ongoing investigations into the probe’s recent troubles have identified a pattern that was common to the incidents.
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Arianespace’s sixth Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has been approved for its 29 October lift-off following a launch readiness review, performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana. The launch window extends from 2000 to 2140 UTC.
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Three of the satellite instruments that will fly on an upcoming satellite mission called FASTSAT have been created at one NASA centre and have arrived at another for more tests to ensure they are flight ready for launch. They’re now at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for further testing.
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Bolivia signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese officials for the construction and launch of a telecommunications satellite.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a US$6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of electric propulsion systems used to control the positions of satellites and planetary probes.

Sharp Corporation said it has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 35.8 percent using a triple-junction compound solar cell.

The Indian Navy will get a dedicated communication satellite, the country’s defence minister A. K. Antony said.
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