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The European Space Agency and Astrium have signed a EUR195 million (US$310 million) contract to provide the first Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite, devoted to monitoring the land environment, as part of the European GMES programme.
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The Lockheed Martin team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully delivered two key blocks of ground software integral to supporting the programme’s geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and highly elliptical orbit (HEO) constellation.
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U.S. Strategic Command has accepted command and control of its first Wideband Global SATCOM space vehicle, WGS-1.
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Arianespace will boost two communications satellites into orbit on its second launch of the year: Star One C2 for Brazilian operator Star One, as part of a turnkey contract with Thales Alenia Space; and Vinasat-1, built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) for operator Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT).
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NASA is extending the international Cassini-Huygens mission by two years. The mission originally had been scheduled to end in July 2008.
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Northrop Grumman has submitted a proposal to NASA to design and develop the Geostationary Environmental Operational Satellite — Series R (GOES-R).
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Russia’s new Ekspress-AM33 telecommunications satellite that was launched in late January has started operations, the Russian Space Communications Company (RSCC) said.
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) of Japan to build its next geostationary telecommunications satellite.
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