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A Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman team has achieved a key design milestone for a high-performance technology solution that will dramatically increase data transfer speeds in the U.S. Air Force’s Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) constellation, Lockheed Martin said.
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The Russian Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 0718 UTC on 13 February.
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The Ekspress MD1 satellite is in service now within the Russian Satellite Communications Company’s constellation, RSCC announced on 12 May.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a spacecraft for Australian telecommunications service provider, SingTel Optus.
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Hopes for reviving NASA’s Spirit Mars rover dimmed further with passage last week of the point at which the rover’s locale received its maximum sunshine for the Martian year, the agency said.
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SES S.A. and Airbus Defence and Space announced that SES has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build a new hybrid communications satellite, SES-12, to serve the fast growing DTH, Data, Mobility and Government markets in Asia.

The Magnetometer instrument that will fly on NOAA’s GOES-R satellite when it is launched in early 2016 has completed the development and testing phase and is ready to be integrated with the spacecraft.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has commenced the on-orbit checkout phase for six Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) satellites, establishing communication with each satellite as planned.