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NASA’s DiskSat Technology Demo Launches to Low Earth Orbit

NASA’s DiskSat technology demonstration mission will test the performance of a new small spacecraft platform designed to expand the capabilities of current small spacecraft.
Posted December 18, 2025
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
SBIR STTR
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA’s Two-in-One Satellite Propulsion Demo Begins In-Space Test

NASA is working with commercial partners to create high-performing, reliable propulsion systems that will help small spacecraft safely maneuver in orbit, reach intended destinations across the solar system, and accomplish mission operations.    Two new micropropulsion technologies are being tested in space onboard a CubeSat called DUPLEX (Dual Prop
Posted December 17, 2025
Ames Research Center
General
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Starling and SpaceX Starlink Improve Space Traffic Coordination

As missions to low Earth orbit become more frequent, space traffic coordination remains a key element to efficiently operating in space. Different satellite operators using autonomous systems need to operate together and manage increasing workloads.
Posted March 26, 2025
Ames Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Venus

NASA Installs Heat Shield on First Private Spacecraft Bound for Venus

Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Bohdan Wesely, right, and Eli Hiss, left, complete a fit check of the two halves of a space capsule that will study the clouds of Venus for signs of life. Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and their partners at the Massachusetts Institute […]
Posted February 27, 2025
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Ames Research Center
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media to Learn about Spacecraft Autonomous Tech Firsts

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA), a technology that allows individual spacecraft to make independent decisions while collaborating with each other to achieve common goals – without human input.
Posted February 5, 2025
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
Game Changing Development Program
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Demonstrates Software ‘Brains’ Shared Across Satellite Swarms  

Talk amongst yourselves, get on the same page, and work together to get the job done! This “pep talk” roughly describes how new NASA technology works within satellite swarms.
Posted February 4, 2025
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Ames Research Center
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
Europa Clipper
Game Changing Development Program
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Langley Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Technology Demonstration
Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024

As NASA continues to innovate for the benefit of humanity, agency inventions that use new structures to harness sunlight for space travel, enable communications with spacecraft at record-breaking distances, and determine the habitability of a moon of Jupiter, were named Wednesday among TIME’s Inventions of 2024.
Posted October 30, 2024
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Ames Research Center
CubeSats
Marshall Space Flight Center
Small Satellite Missions
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Begins New Deployable Solar Array Tech Demo on Pathfinder Spacecraft

NASA recently evaluated initial flight data and imagery from Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4), confirming proper checkout of the spacecraft’s systems including its on-board electronics as well as the payload’s support systems such as the small onboard camera.
Posted October 23, 2024
Ames Research Center
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Small Satellite Missions
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Sustainability
Space Technology Mission Directorate

Getting SSPICY: NASA Funds Orbital Debris Inspection Mission

NASA is advancing an innovative approach to enabling commercial inspection of defunct, or inoperable, satellites in low Earth orbit, a precursor to capturing and repairing or removing the satellites.
Posted September 25, 2024
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Ames Research Center
Langley Research Center
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate

Like a Diamond in the Sky: How to Spot NASA’s Solar Sail Demo in Orbit

Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many locations across the world! Stargazers can join NASA’s #SpotTheSail campaign by using the NASA app on mobile platforms to find out when the spacecraft will be visible at their location. The app, […]
Posted September 9, 2024
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4
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7
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14
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1
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5
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11
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6
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9
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42
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36
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2
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5
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2
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347
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2
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28
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474
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9
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4
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36
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2
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3
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1
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4
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13
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1
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2
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28
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1
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18
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1
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1
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3
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7
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51
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15
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147
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6
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4
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1
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18
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1
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7
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287
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39
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12
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5
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1
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1
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3
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9
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10
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10
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80
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2
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1
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1
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9
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6
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19
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14
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9
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10
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7
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13
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13
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39
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1
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13
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12
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90
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2
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1
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1
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23
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5
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1
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5
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20
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3
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8
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1
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5
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18
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5
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1
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5
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4
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6
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7
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1
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24
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1
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2
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37
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5
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7
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222
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1
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1
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4
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10
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27
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2
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125
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13
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9
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2
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39
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9
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307
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30
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17
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1
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15
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1
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1
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1
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14
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37
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6
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141
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5
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3
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26
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357
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2
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91
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99
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1
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2
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42
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59
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1
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183
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1
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8
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2
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1
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1
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3
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15
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4
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45
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4
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4
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3
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5
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3
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1
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32
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27
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2
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8
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1
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5
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6
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1
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5
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3
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5
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3
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1
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1
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23
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1
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21
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3
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1
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10
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2
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194
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25
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2
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2
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3
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1
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5
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46
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8
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5
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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11
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55
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27
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6
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1
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19
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132
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3
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22
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27
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29
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7
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1
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3
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49
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129
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2
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11
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1
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8
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3
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17
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5
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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11
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5
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1
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73
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210
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1
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5
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1
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24
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10
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9
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132
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24
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44
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10
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1
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1
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1
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4
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