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Summary: 12 Jun 2013 - 18 Jun 2013
 Sea Launch and Eutelsat sign new agreement for launch services
18 Jun 2013 - Sea Launch AG and Eutelsat announced the finalisation of an agreement to launch the Eutelsat 3B spacecraft in April 2014 utilising the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL launch system and launching from the ocean-based Odyssey launch platform. >>>
Arianespace to launch Göktürk-1 high-resolution observation satellite
18 Jun 2013 - Arianespace has announced a launch contract with Telespazio to launch the Göktürk-1 satellite for the Turkish government. This is the ninth contract signed since the beginning of the year by Arianespace and the second commercial contract for Vega on the open market. >>>
Astra 2E in Baikonur
14 Jun 2013 - The Astra 2E telecommunications spacecraft, manufactured for satellite operator SES by EADS Astrium, Toulouse, France, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where it will be processed for launch aboard a Proton Briz M launch vehicle. >>>
INSAT-3D is delivered to French Guiana for next Ariane 5 launch
14 Jun 2013 - Payload preparations for Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission in 2013 have commenced following this week's delivery of INSAT-3D, which is one of two spacecraft that will be lofted on a heavy-lift flight targeted for the second half of July. >>>
New launch date for launch of India's IRNSS-1A
13 Jun 2013 - The Indian Space Research Organisation has rescheduled the launch of the country's first navigation satellite for July one after rectifying an anomaly. >>>
ULA completes dual Engine Centaur Preliminary Design Review for CCiCap
13 Jun 2013 - United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and initial round of development testing for the Dual Engine Centaur in support of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. >>>
SMC enters into Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with SpaceX
12 Jun 2013 - The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. as part of the company's effort to certify its Falcon 9 v1.1 Launch System for National Security Space (NSS) missions. >>>
MT Aerospace awarded for SLS large tank components
12 Jun 2013 - Progress-M-19M has successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) despite a malfunctioning antenna. >>>
SBIRS HEO-3 shipped
18 Jun 2013 - The third Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) payload was shipped on 12 June to the host space vehicle programme. The HEO payload is a high-tech space-based sensor capable of detecting missile launches around the globe. The payload will be integrated with a host spacecraft and prepared for launch. >>>
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Fakel expand agreement for low-power hall thrusters
18 Jun 2013 - Aerojet Rocketdyne and Experimental Design Bureau (EDB) Fakel of Kaliningrad, Russia, announced the signing of an extension to the teaming agreement between the two companies. >>>
Astrium and ECAPS develop new 'green' propulsion system
18 Jun 2013 - Astrium has entered into an agreement with ECAPS, a company of the Swedish Space Corporation Group (SSC), to jointly develop a "green" propulsion system concept, which is based on ADN technology. This concept focuses on the target of directing the future of space propulsion technology to sustainability, eco-friendliness and reduced toxicity on ground, and easy and safe operation capabilities in space. >>>
e2v releases the first space qualified GHz-class microprocessor
18 Jun 2013 - e2v announced the launch of a space qualified version of the Power Architecture PC7448, the first GHz class microprocessors in the world which can be integrated onto space qualified equipment. >>>
Astrium ships Alphasat
17 Jun 2013 - Alphasat, the most sophisticated commercial communications satellite ever built, has left Astrium's facilities in Toulouse after completion of its final integration and test campaign and is now en route to Kourou, French Guyana, to be prepared for its launch aboard an Ariane 5, scheduled for the end of July. >>>
Thales Alenia Space signs contract for final phases of ExoMars programme
17 Jun 2013 - Thales Alenia Space has signed the contract for the development of ExoMars. Following a preliminary contract signed in 2008, this marks a major milestone for Thales Alenia Space, programme prime contractor. >>>
Europe's largest spaceship reaches its orbital port
17 Jun 2013 - ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on 15 June when it docked smoothly with orbital outpost at 1407 UTC. The ATV is now connected to the Space Station. >>>
Herschel switched off
17 Jun 2013 - With the exhaustion of its helium coolant, Herschel's science mission ended on 29 April. But the satellite continued providing value to the end, serving as an orbiting testbed for control techniques that can't normally be tested in flight. >>>
New Horizons team sticking to original flight plan
17 Jun 2013 - Unless significant new hazards are found, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will stay on its original course past Pluto and its moons, after mission managers concluded that the danger posed by dust and debris in the Pluto system is less than they once feared. >>>
Sharp develops concentrator solar cell with world's highest efficiency
17 Jun 2013 - Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 44.4%, using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell. These solar cells are used in a lens-based concentrator system that focuses sunlight on the cells to generate electricity. >>>
Saft awarded contracts from Boeing, Ball Aerospace
17 Jun 2013 - Saft has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Boeing to build Li-ion batteries for the new SES-9 satellite. Separately, Saft has been awarded a US$1.2-million dollar contract from Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., to supply the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery for a LEO (low Earth orbit) satellite programme. >>>
GPS IIF-4 completes on-orbit checkout
14 Jun 2013 - The 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority of its fourth GPS Block IIF satellite. >>>
Fourth AEHF communications payload delivered by Northrop Grumman
14 Jun 2013 - Northrop Grumman Corp recently delivered the first of approximately 20 electronics units for the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite payload, allowing the integration and test phase of production to get under way. >>>
JWST's last backbone component completed
14 Jun 2013 - Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the pieces of the telescope together. >>>
Proba-V tracking aircraft in flight from orbit
13 Jun 2013 - ESA's Proba-V has become the first satellite to pick up aircraft tracking signals, allowing aircraft across the globe to be followed in flight from space. >>>
COM DEV delivers hardware early for fourth AEHF
13 Jun 2013 - COM DEV International Ltd. has completed delivery of a fourth flight set of hardware for the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected military satellite communications programme. >>>
JCSAT-14 ordered from SSL
12 Jun 2013 - SSL was selected to provide a communications satellite to Sky Perfect JSAT. The satellite, JCSAT-14, will replace JCSAT-2A at 154 degrees East and expands on its capacity to meet the growing demand for telecommunications infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. >>>
SSTL completes delivery of first four Galileo FOC satellite payloads
12 Jun 2013 - Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has completed the delivery of the payloads for the first four Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites of the European Galileo GNSS system to prime contractor OHB System AG. >>>
Northrop Grumman delivers second hosted payload for EPS
12 Jun 2013 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second of two payloads that will be hosted on U.S. government-owned satellites to bring next-generation protected, Extremely High Frequency (EHF) communications to users in the north polar region (above 65 degrees North latitude). >>>
The end of ITAR-free satellites?
18 Jun 2013 - The U.S. State Department has added more satellite components to the U.S. Munitions List, in effect making it impossible for Thales Alenia Space to offer ITAR-free satellites, Space News reported. >>>
GenCorp completes acquisition of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
17 Jun 2013 - GenCorp Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all operations of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne business (Rocketdyne) from United Technologies Corporation. >>>
ITT Exelis selected by Aireon for ADS-B data processing
18 Jun 2013 - ITT Exelis has been awarded a US$42 million contract by Aireon LLC to provide the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data processing and distribution component for its global space-based air traffic surveillance system. >>>
ABS signy broadcast solution agreement with FOX International Channels
14 Jun 2013 - Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and FOX International Channels Philippines Corporation (FIC) announced that they have signed a multi-year and multi-million dollar contract agreement for MCPC services, playout and satellite capacity on ABS-1 and ABS-2 satellites. >>>
EMC Satcom collaborates with O3b Networks
12 Jun 2013 - EMC Satcom Technologies announced its partnership with O3b Networks to engineer and deliver a signal processing technology, 'MEO Booster ' designed to increase the performance and efficiency of satellite links. By increasing throughput, end-user customers receive a 50% higher performing link at a lower cost per bit. >>>
Satellite Industry Report shows satellite industry growth of 7% in 2012
17 Jun 2013 - The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has released its 2013 State of the Satellite Industry Report, showing a 7% growth in world satellite industry revenues in 2012, up from 5% growth in 2011. Globally, 2012 revenues for the satellite industry totalled US$189.5 billion, up from US$177.3 billion the previous year. >>>
Lockheed Martin wins NASA JSC Large Prime Contractor of the Year Award
13 Jun 2013 - Lockheed Martin has been named the Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year by NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). >>>
Karim Sabbagh to succeed Romain Bausch as President and CEO of SES
17 Jun 2013 - SES announced that the company's President and CEO Romain Bausch informed the Board of Directors that he plans to step down from his position at the next annual general meeting of shareholders in April 2014. >>>
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