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Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been awarded a contract for the study phase of a potential joint US-UK lunar orbiter mission to be called Magnolia.

Calian Technologies Ltd. said its SED division has received a contract valued at approximately C$10 million (EUR7.0 million, US$9.5 million) from Inmarsat to develop Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) for its new I-4 Earth station in Paumalu, Hawaii.

For its third launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites: Spaceway 3 for U.S. operator Hughes Network Systems, LLC and BSAT-3a for U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, within the framework of a turnkey contract for Japanese operator Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT).

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has completed the integration and testing of Canada’s long-delayed next-generation Earth observation satellite, Radarsat-2.

Working with the U.S. Air Force and independent agencies, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, Boeing-led Team TSAT has demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) hardware and software can function in simulated operational environments, achieving Technology Readiness Level-6 (TRL-6).

Al Yah Satellite Communications company (Yahsat), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, awarded a contract to a joint team of Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build a US$1.66 billion (EUR1.20 billion) dual satellite communications system ready for launch in the second half of 2010.

Iridium Satellite has contracted with seven key partners in the beginning phase of designing and developing its “Iridium NEXT” satellite constellation.
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Spain plans to launch two Earth observation satellites in the next decade.
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