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Selected Reading Airbus cuts 2,000 Defence and Space jobs, taming earlier plans- Reuters Space firms plot new European satellite venture to take on Starlink as job cuts loom- Reuters ESA - Eclipse-making double satellite Proba-3 enters orbit Arianespace 2 Flight Postponement of the Launch Northrop Grumman Completes Activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission Capabilities, Including EPS-R Payloads Space Force activates component field command in Japan China launches new satellite group for Spacesail Constellation Muon Space Awarded Space Force Contract to Advance Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Capabilities SpaceX launches 350th mission using a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket booster during Starlink mission from California – Spaceflight Now Orbite Closes Series A and Launches Luxury Space Programs and Strategic Partnership- Business Wire

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