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TerreStar Networks, a majority owned subsidiary of Terre Star Corporation, and Space Systems/Loral announced that TerreStar-1 has arrived on schedule in Kourou, French Guiana where it is scheduled to launch on 24 June aboard an Ariane 5.

A Northrop Grumman Corporation -led team completed the initial review of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) design against the critical design review (CDR) criteria.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has warned that the number of satellites in the GPS constellation could fall below the required 24 spacecraft because of delays in the development of replacement satellites.

STS-125 mission specialists Mike Massimino and Mike Good today conducted the mission’s fourth spacewalk, continuing repairs and improvements that will extend the Hubble Space Telescope’s life into the next decade.
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STS-125 mission specialists Mike Good and Mike Massimino completed the mission’s second spacewalk today at 2045 UTC.

Eutelsat Communications has selected Astrium to deliver its new satellite for 7 degrees West called Atlantic Bird 7.

Mission specialists John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel completed STS-125’s first spacewalk today at 2012 UTC.

Additional funding will be assigned for the GLONASS navigation satellite network within the next three years, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Shilov, was quoted as saying. Statements by other Russian officials were a bit more cautious.
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