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28 Jul 2010 SES Astra announced that it further intensifies its co-operation with the Spanish pay-TV operator Sogecable and supports the development of its High Definition (HD) direct-to-home (DTH) offer.
30 Jul 2010 Honeywell announced that it has been selected by United Launch Alliance to provide primary avionics components for guidance and navigation of the Atlas V rocket in a follow-on contract worth up to US$90 million over the life of the long-term contract.
30 Jul 2010 Orbital Sciences Corporation was selected by NASA for the prime contractor role on the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract II (NSROC II) programme.
29 Jul 2010 Launches from Japan's Tanegashima and Uchinoura Space Centres will from 2011 be possible all year after local fishermen's associations agreed to lift the current 190-day limit.
27 Jul 2010 LaBarge, Inc. has received a US$4.9 million contract from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to continue to produce complex wiring harnesses for the Atlas V launch vehicle.
27 Jul 2010 The rail convoy with the Proton launch vehicle assigned to support the launch of three GLONASS M satellites arrived in the Integration-and-Test Facility at the Baikonur launch base on 26 July and the launcher units were offloaded from rail cars.
28 Jul 2010 The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has approved the Sea Launch Plan of Reorganisation. Sea Launch Company LLC filed the Plan on 10 May in preparation for its emergence from Chapter 11.
29 Jul 2010 Despite a challenging economic environment, the wireless industry was one of the global economic bright spots, which led to sustained demand for satellite backhaul services for use primarily in rural markets, according to NSR.
29 Jul 2010 The world satellite M2M communications market is currently experiencing exponential growth as companies seek to raise productivity while reducing costs, Frost & Sullivan said. M2M hardware and equipment have continuously reduced in both size and cost in the last five years.
30 Jul 2010 NASA said that mission controllers have not heard from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit since 22 March, and the rover is facing its toughest challenge yet -- trying to survive the harsh Martian winter.
30 Jul 2010 The U.S. Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Based Infrared Systems programme office successfully completed a major system level test of the interfaces between all SBIRS ground facilities and the GEO-1 satellite.
28 Jul 2010 ITT has announced that it has passed a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Navigation Payload Element (NPE) the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III programme.
