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Construction of the Sentinel-2B optical satellite is complete. The spacecraft is the second of its type from Airbus Defence and Space, providing the "Colour Vision" of Europe’s Earth observation programme Copernicus, a joint project of the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061601

Raytheon has passed both a qualification and a critical design review milestone as part of its development of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System, or GPS OCX. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061602

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Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Eutelsat 117 West B, ABS-2A; Date: 15 June 2016, 1429 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The satellites were deployed into nominal supersynchronous transfer orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061500

Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 flight has been authorised for lift-off on 16 June following a launch readiness review. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061501

ULA successfully delivered the OA-6 Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on 22 March. During the first stage burn, the Atlas V system experienced an anomalous propellant mixture ratio resulting in an early booster shutdown and degradation of first stage performance. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061502