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Australian Government-owned National Broadband Network (NBN) has awarded a $620m contract to US-based Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to design two next-generation Ka-band 1A and 1B...
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NewSat signs satellite capacity deal with Measat
Malaysian-based satellite operator Measat has signed a 15-year contract worth $180m with Australian satellite company NewSat to acquire capacity on the Jabiru-1 satellite, which will...
ESA orders additional eight Galileo satellites
European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to a consortium led by OHB System and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) to build and launch a further eight satellites for its...
Northrop to develop solar electric propulsion flight concepts for NASA
Northrop Grumman has received a four-month study contract from NASA to study high-power solar electric propulsion flight system technology for the space agency's future deep space and...
Moller completes new Skycar design
Moller International (MI) has completed the initial design phase of two new Skycars which are anticipated to meet the requirements of US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Light...
Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M docks with ISS
A Russian cargo spacecraft carrying 2.6t of cargo of fuel, water and food supplies, as well as scientific equipment has docked at the International Space...
NEC starts system design for second Hayabusa asteroid explorer
NEC has begun the system design of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) second Hayabusa Asteroid Explorer under the Hayabusa 2...
Thales Alenia Space completes integration of ATV4 module
Thales Alenia Space has completed integration of the fourth Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), which is the service module for the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) being built for the European...
ULA launches fourth WGS satellite
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 4 (WGS-4) satellite on board an unmanned heavy-lift Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 in...
Boeing to build eighth and ninth WGS satellites for USAF
The US Air Force (USAF) has given authorisation to Boeing to build and launch the eighth and ninth wideband global SATCOM (WGS)...
Iran to launch new satellite, unveil maritime patrol aircraft in February
Iran is planning to launch a new satellite into space and unveil its maritime patrol aircraft in...
ESA set to launch Vega rocket in early February
The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to launch its new Vega rocket on 9 February 2012 from the Guiana Space Centre (GSC) in Kourou, French...
China launches Ziyuan III civilian remote sensing satellite
China has launched the first of a new series of high-resolution civilian remote sensing satellites, Ziyuan III, onboard the Long March 4B (Chang Zheng-4B -Y26) launch vehicle from the...
Bolivia’s first satellite set to be launched in 2013
China will launch Bolivia's first telecommunications satellite, Tupac Katari, into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China's Sichuan province in December...
NRC approves ISRO reusable launch vehicle design
India's National Review Committee (NRC) has approved the design of the winged Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation...
Nasa seeks funding for private spacecraft development
Nasa is planning to hold a competition in February of this year for a third round of private funding for the development of a private spacecraft, which will ferry astronauts to the...
Nasa’s second GRAIL spacecraft enters into lunar orbit
Nasa has placed the second of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft, GRAIL-B, into orbit to study the moon’s inner...
China to launch five satellites in 2012
China is planning to launch five commercial satellites for unidentified foreign customers in...
China launches NigComSat-1R satellite
China has launched a Nigerian communications satellite, named NigComSat-1R, on a Long March 3B (LM-3B) launch vehicle from the Xixhang Satellite Launch Centre in south-west...
Arianespace launches six satellites
Arianespace has launched the Pleiades 1A, Elisa and SSOT satellites from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana for French space agency CNES, Astrium and the French and Chilean...
Astrium to manage the ISS on behalf of ESA
Astrium has secured a €240m contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to manage the continued operation and exploitation of the European components of the International Space Station (ISS)...
