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| SES S.A. results Q1 2013 |
| 20 May 2013 SES S.A. reported financial results for the first quarter 2013.
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| Astriums to expand Lampoldhausen site |
| 17 May 2013 For the past 50 years, Astrium has been developing, producing, and testing propulsion systems for space flight in Lampoldshausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. By 2014, Astrium plans to invest seven million euros on the expansion of the site. The company's aim is to meet the growing world-wide demand for satellite propulsion systems.
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| ViaSat Inc. results FY 2013 |
| 17 May 2013 ViaSat Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013.
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| Kepler loses another reaction wheel |
| 16 May 2013 At a contact on 14 May 2013, the Kepler spacecraft once again was found in safe mode. It was caused by a reaction wheel that NASA says has permanently failed. With the loss of a second reaction wheel, it's unlikely that the spacecraft will be able to return to the high pointing accuracy that enables its high-precision photometry. However, no decision has been made to end data collection.
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| Roskosmos denies partial launch failure |
| 16 May 2013 Roskosmos denied reports that a Rokot/Briz-KM launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome on 15 January 2013 had partially failed.
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| Ariane Flight VA214's launch vehicle marks a preparation milestone |
| 21 May 2013 The third Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 has now completed basic build-up at the Spaceport, taking the next step toward Arianespace's two-passenger mission planned from French Guiana in July.
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| H-IIB, Epsilon launch dates |
| 21 May 2013 Launch dates have been announced for upcoming launches of Japanese rockets.
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| Delay of the day: Delta IV/WGS-5 |
| 20 May 2013 The launch of WGS-5 aboard a Delta IV will be delayed at least 24 hours.
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| Soyuz launch plans in French Guiana |
| 20 May 2013 Russia and France plan to carry out seven Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches from French Guiana by the end of 2014.
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| India to launch first navigation satellite on 11 June |
| 17 May 2013 The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A is slated for launch on board a PSLV-C22 XL rocket on 11 June at 1931 UTC from Sriharikota spaceport.
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| New GPS satellite launched (part II) |
| 16 May 2013 Approximately three hours and 25 minutes after yesterday's launch of GPS IIF-4, Boeing personnel in El Segundo confirmed that the satellite was performing as expected.
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| NSR predicts satellite manufacturing and launch services transformation |
| 20 May 2013 NSR's Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services (SMLS), 3rd Edition report describes the difficulties of an industry facing a low demand period and the technologies and changes that will greatly improve the industry value proposition over the next decade, the research firm said.
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| Boeing ships 6th wideband global SATCOM satellite for launch |
| 21 May 2013 Boeing recently shipped its sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, which is scheduled for launch later this year.
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| Emcore awarded solar panel manufacturing contract by ATK |
| 21 May 2013 Emcore Corporation has been awarded a contract by ATK to design and manufacture solar panels for NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) planned for launch in 2015.
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| ATK tests ECAPS |
| 20 May 2013 ATK has successfully completed the first U.S.-based testing of the High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) thruster technology for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).
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| LDCM completes on-orbit acceptance review |
| 20 May 2013 All spacecraft systems and instruments are performing normally onboard the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM, or Landsat 8) Observatory after a brief glitch at the beginning of May.
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| First picture from Proba-V |
| 17 May 2013 Proba-V is in good health following its launch last week. The Vegetation imager has been switched on and the first image has been captured over western France.
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| ITT Exelis advanced geo weather instrument passes critical test |
| 17 May 2013 The ITT Exelis-developed Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing. The ABI was exposed to harsh space-like conditions with hundreds of degrees of temperature variation in Rochester, New York, marking the second part of its environmental testing regime.
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| ViaSat-2 ordered from Boeing |
| 17 May 2013 ViaSat has executed a contract with Boeing to build ViaSat-2, which is based on ViaSat's next generation, Ka-band satellite technology and architecture. ViaSat-2 is expected to be, by far, the world's highest capacity satellite at the time of launch (scheduled for mid-2016) achieving an unparalleled mix of capacity and coverage. ViaSat-2 is anticipated to approximately double the bandwidth economics of ViaSat-1 while simultaneously increasing its coverage footprint by seven-fold.
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| NASA's asteroid sample return mission moves into development |
| 16 May 2013 NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
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