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Archive for February 12th, 2008

Raytheon wins USAF satellite communications contract

February 12th, 2008 by

Raytheon Company has won the U.S. Air Force’s competition to upgrade a satellite communications system that provides protected communications to the U.S. military around the world.

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Ofek sales promotion in Ankara

February 12th, 2008 by

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will promote the sale of a spy satellite to Turkey during a visit to Ankara this week, Reuters quoted unnamed Israeli security sources as saying.

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Thales Alenia Space delivers SIRAL-2 radar altimeter

February 12th, 2008 by

Thales Alenia Space said that the SAR Interferometer radar altimeter SIRAL-2 has been delivered in due time to EADS Astrium GmbH (Immenstaad, Germany), the prime contractor of the CryoSat-2 mission.

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Iran plans more rocket tests before satellite launch

February 12th, 2008 by

Iran will launch two more research rockets into space before putting its first domestically built satellite into orbit, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

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Thor 5 placed in geostationary orbit in less than 10 hours

February 12th, 2008 by

Rocket: Proton-M/Briz-M; Payload: Thor 5 (Thor 2R); Date: 11 February 2008, 1134 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The relatively small satellite was successfully injected directly into geostationary orbit.

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