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[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] Sky Perfect JSAT has agreed to use Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H2A launch vehicle for the first time to launch a satellite in 2016 from the Tanegashima Space...

[Via Satellite 05-13-2014] The United States Court of Federal Claims has dissolved a ban on Russian-built RD-180 engines manufactured by NPO Energomash. The ban was prompted by a preliminary injunction...

[Via Satellite 05-08-2014] Spaceflight Inc., a company dedicated to launching small satellites, has nearly filled all the slots for the maiden flight of its Sherpa hosted payload and in-space transportation...

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] The United States Court of Federal Claims has restricted the joint Boeing–Lockheed Martin launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) from purchasing RD-180 engines manufactured by Russia’s NPO Energomash....

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] Arianespace signed a contract with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) for the launch of the bank’s first satellite, BRIsat. The contract ceremony took place in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jacques...

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Due to rising tensions with Russia after the events in Ukraine, the Canadian government has decided not to continue with the Russian Soyuz launch of Com Dev’s...

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] A Proton-M rocket has successfully launched the communication satellites KazSat3 and Loutch 5V from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space provided the payload for KazSat...

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has successfully delivered the Optus 10 satellite, designed and built for the Australian satellite provider Optus, to the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana....

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite, KazEOSat 1, built by Airbus Defence and Space, was successfully placed into orbit on board an Arianespace Vega launcher from the spaceport...

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Citing key synergies between the two companies, Orbital Sciences and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have announced a $5 billion merger to create one unified aerospace and defense company....