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AAC Clyde Space Delivers First Kelpie Satellite Supporting ORBCOMM'S AIS Service to Cape Canaveral Launch Site

AAC Clyde Space has delivered the first Kelpie satellite to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for its planned launch onboard the SpaceX Transporter 6 mission expected in December 2022. The 3U EPIC nanosatellite will deliver data to the U.S. company ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, under an exclusive Space Data as a Service (SDaaS) deal. It is planned to be followed by the launch of a second Kelpie satellite in the first half of 2023.

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NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch TROPICS Mission

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it has been selected by NASA to launch the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission, as part of the agency's Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.

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MEASAT Migrates Manila Broadcasting Company onto MEASAT-3d

MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”) – Malaysia’s premier satellite operator, has begun migrating Manila Broadcasting Company (“MBC”) stations onto its latest MEASAT-3d satellite. This makes MBC the first media organisation in the Philippines to broadcast through the new state-of-the-art satellite.

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EchoStar and Maxar Amend Agreement for Hughes JUPITER 3 Satellite Production

EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) today announced an amended agreement with Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) for production of the EchoStar XXIV satellite, also known as JUPITER™ 3. The satellite, designed for EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems division, is under production at Maxar’s facility in Palo Alto, CA.

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Successful Launch of EUTELSAT 10B: a Satellite Bringing New Inflight and Maritime Connectivity Services

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has announced that the EUTELSAT 10B satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by American space launch provider SpaceX using a Falcon 9 expendable rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 21.57 pm Eastern time on November 22nd(corresponding to 2.57 am UTC and 3.57 am CET on November 23rd).

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Inmarsat Unveils Next-Generation Maritime Safety Terminal

Inmarsat, a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has unveiled a major innovation to its maritime safety portfolio: a next-generation terminal that will allow quick and easy access to industry-leading connectivity services, including the recently launched Fleet Safety.

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Airbus and ArianeGroup sign Ariane 6 Transition Batch Contract in Spain

Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fibre structures. The contract includes the manufacturing and supply of innovative, large, lightweight structures for the next fourteen Ariane 6 launchers, to be manufactured until 2025.

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