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Lockheed Martin announced that its second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built for the U.S. Navy was successfully encapsulated into its payload fairing. It is scheduled to launch July 19 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 launch vehicle.

Inmarsat announced that the first fully-assembled Inmarsat 5 satellite has successfully completed mechanical testing at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US) for the flight of the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) payload under the sponsorship of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)

Google unveiled a new batch of satellite imagery for its mapping products, which eliminates clouds and provides clearer images

After meeting and bonding at the NASA Ames facility in Mountain View, Calif., Chris Boshuizen, William Marshall and Robbie Schingler have unveiled their new CubeSat company, Planet Labs. The company plans to send 28 CubeSats into orbit in early 2014

Thales Alenia Space has signed a study contract with the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) to enhance communications between ground and military mission aircrafts through a telecommunication satellite without interruption during extreme flying conditions

ITT Exelis has received a $3.2 million contract from Ball Aerospace & Technologies to design an advanced receiver chain for the U.S. Air Force Weather Satellite Follow-on (WSF) program

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite, scheduled to launch on Wednesday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, has been delayed due to a power outage and a subsequent fire.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the country's first dedicated Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS 1A) on July 1, 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

Intelsat and Ericsson announced the successful demonstration of a true 4K Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD), end-to-end video transmission over satellite to Turner Broadcasting's facilities in Atlanta, Ga.