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Delivered to ESTEC (ESA’s test centre) in The Netherlands last summer, LISA Pathfinder has been undergoing a rigorous series of tests designed to validate its design parameters and response to the launch environment.
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China’s second Beidou navigation satellite, launched a week ago, has been functioning normally since it was put into its final geosynchronous orbit, the Xi’an Satellite Control Center said according to Xinhua.

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MtronPTI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LGL Group and a producer of frequency control, filter and integrated subsystems, announced it had secured active projects with 12 industry leaders in the satellite manufacturing market — a goal initiated in May 2007.
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TacSat-3’s lift off has been scheduled for 5 May from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia/USA.
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Lockheed Martin announced a major milestone on the U.S. Air Force’s Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) with the successful delivery of the fully-integrated payload for the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO) spacecraft in the programme constellation.
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NASA’s Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth.
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A few details regarding China’s planned Beidou (”Compass”) navigation satellite constellation have been reported by Xinhua.
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