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Archive for December 26th, 2006

Russia Space Agency Awaiting Iran Satellite Proposals

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The Russian Federal Space Agency is awaiting Iran’s proposals for equipment to make the Iranian satellite Zohre, according to Dec. 22 Russian…

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DISH Network Surpasses 13 Million Customers

December 26th, 2006 by

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced Dec. 22…

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Spacenet Unveils StarBand Nova Pro Service

December 26th, 2006 by

Spacenet announced Dec. 22 the availability of its new StarBand Nova Pro satellite broadband Internet service for residential customers. Offered at StarBand’s lowest-ever price point, the…

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Globecomm Systems Awarded $5.5 Million Contract For FAA Program

December 26th, 2006 by

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Dec. 21 that it has been awarded a five-year, $5.5 million contract from Harris Corp. to provide support services for the U.S. Federal Aviation…

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Liberty Media Swaps For Largest Stake In DirecTV

December 26th, 2006 by

Liberty Media Corp. (Liberty) announced Dec. 22 a definitive agreement to exchange its 16.3 percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.’s 38.5 percent stake in…

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KazSat-2 to be more powerful than predecessor

December 26th, 2006 by

Kazakhstan’s second telecommunications satellite, KazSat-2, will cover Kazakhstan, Central Asia, the South Caucasus and partially Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq and Iran, according to Interfax.

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Four bidders for Gokturk contract–report

December 26th, 2006 by

Four companies are bidding for a contract to build Turkey’s Gokturk military reconnaissance satellite, Anadolu news agency reports.

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ETS VIII drifting towards final geostationary slot

December 26th, 2006 by

JAXA has completed four firings of the recently launched ETS VIII’s apogee engines, bringing the spacecraft into a drift orbit.

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