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NASA has selected two science proposals to be developed into full missions as part of the agency’s Small Explorer, or SMEX, Program. The selections will implement projects that will study our Sun and some of the most exotic objects in the universe, such as neutron stars and black holes.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide two new satellites to Intelsat.
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The Spanish communications service provider and satellite operator Hispasat S.A. and OHB-System AG, a subsidiary of the European space and technology group OHB Technology AG, have signed a contract for the construction and testing of the satellite for the first Small GEO mission.
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Boeing on 15 June successfully transferred control of the second Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite to the U.S. Air Force, which will monitor and control the new satellite from Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
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Boeing Satellite Systems won a US$13.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for Phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) satellite power generation and propulsion programme.
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Astrium and JSC National Company “Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary” announced the signing of a first contract to build a major satellite integration centre that will be part of the future Kazakhstan national space centre in Astana.
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Thales Alenia Space announced the signing of a contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation for the design, development, production and delivery of nine pressurised modules for cargo transport – to include equipment, spare parts, scientific experiments and other items – to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a new satellite to Hughes Network Systems, LLC. Hughes will operate the new satellite to deliver high-speed Internet access service across North America.