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The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on 27 July.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.has signed a contract for C$4.6 million (EUR3.0 million, US$4.3 million) to provide Radarsat-2 satellite imagery to the European Space Agency.
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South Korea is considering extending the operational life of Arirang 2 (KOMPSAT 2) multipurpose satellite, Yonhap news agency reported.
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The Indian government has approved design and development of GSAT-11, an advanced communication satellite, at a total cost INR5 billion (EUR73 million, US$104 million). The spacecraft will be based on ISRO’s new I-4K bus.
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The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) announced that the second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and ground system modifications have been accepted for operations by the U.S Air Force.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has signed a C$4.3 million (EUR2.8 million, US$ 4.0 million) contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the development of the mission concept for the Polar Communications and Weather (PCW) Mission.
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NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has put itself into safe mode twice over the past few weeks. The root cause for the safing events is being established.
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After 19 years of operation and a total of 6.5 million images acquired, Spot-2 has reached the end of its life. Technical teams from the CNES Toulouse Space Center have initiated manoeuvres that will prepare de-orbiting of the spacecraft.
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