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Antitrust Probe Is Latest Challenge to ULA’s Government Market Dominance

The FTC is investigating whether ULA ran afoul of antitrust laws with its exclusivity arrangement with RD AMROSS.

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NASA Authorization Cycle Begins with Asteroid Retrieval in House’s Crosshairs

Jun. 17, 2013 | Civil Space

At Paris Air Show, ESA Signs Final Contract for 2016 ExoMars Mission

Jun. 17, 2013 | Civil Space

With Chinese Option Blocked, European-built Satellite To Fly Atop Falcon 9

Jun. 17, 2013 | Launch Report

Antares First-stage Engines Available Long Term, Aerojet Rocketdyne Chief Says

Jun. 17, 2013 | Launch Report

Booz & Co. Exec To Succeed Bausch at Helm of SES

Jun. 17, 2013 | Satellite Telecom

Pentagon, House Chart Stable Funding Course for Space Programs

Jun. 14, 2013 | Military Space

U.S. Regulators Clear Aerojet-Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Merger

Jun. 14, 2013 | Launch Report

Draft NASA Authorization Bill Nixes Asteroid Retrieval Mission

Jun. 14, 2013 | Civil Space

Proposed ITAR Changes a Mixed Bag for U.S. Satellite Industry

Jun. 14, 2013 | Satellite Telecom

FCC Probing Satellite Fleet Management Practices for Abuse

Jun. 14, 2013 | Satellite Telecom

Internal Audit Hits NASA for Station Resupply Payments to Orbital

Jun. 13, 2013 | Civil Space

Europe’s Proba-V Satellite Tracks Aircraft in Flight

Jun. 13, 2013 | Civil Space

From the Wires

Former Army Boss Walt Natynczyk Tapped To Lead Canadian Space Agency (Global News)

NASA's Management of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services and ISS Commercial Resupply Contracts (NASA Office of Inspector General report)

FTC Opens Antitrust Probe of Lockheed-Boeing Rocket Venture (Reuters)

Jury Convicts Maryland Man for Helping Iran Launch Its First Satellite (Washington Post)

China Successfully Launches Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft (Xinhua)

Sea Launch IS-27 FROB Report Complete (Sea Launch press release)

Iran Says It Sets up Space Monitoring Center (AP via BigStory)

Sen. McCaskill Continues To Block Helms Promotion to Air Force Space Command Senior Post (The Washington Post)

New Chief Urges Ariane 5 Modification for Big Satellites (France 24 via AFP)

Closings Expected in Iran Satellite Trial (AP via ABC News)

SingTel Said to Start Optus Satellite Sale Seeking 2 Billion Australian Dollars (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Company Hopes To Fuel Growth at KSC Building (Florida Today)

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ESA-led Dark Energy Mission on Track for 2020 Launch

Initial contracts are now being let and the principal partners to the 20-
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SpaceX, U.S. Air Force Sign Falcon 9 v1.1 Data Sharing Pact

The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement allows SpaceX and the Air
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Ignoring Call for Strategic Pause, ESA Intends To Stay the Course on Ariane 6

ESA has no intention of changing course for its future Ariane 6 rocket
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Arianespace, MHI To Examine Standardizing Satellite-preparation Procedures

Arianespace and MHI agreed to investigate standardizing their satellite-
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Europe Ready To Sign Final Contract for ‘Drip-fed’ ExoMars Mission

ESA, which has been struggling with its governments for more than five years
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NASA Willing To Fund Flights of Suborbital Researchers

NASA officials said this week that, for the first time, they are open to
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Pentagon Seeks More for Missile Defense, Less for Space, in Reprogramming Request

The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking congressional approval to add
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Orbital Tapped To Build Stratolaunch Rocket

In the process, Stratolaunch significantly scaled back the role of Dynetics

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VIDEO | Launch of Manned Chinese Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft

China's three-person Shenzhou 10 crew blasts off at about 4:30 a.m. Eastern time on June 11 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a rendezvous and docking mission with the Tiangong-1 space station. Credit: China Central Television via SpacevidsTV