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Archive for April 28th, 2010

New cargo vessel on its way to ISS

April 28th, 2010 by

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-05M (Progress P37); Date: 28 April 2010, 1715 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.
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JWST passes Mission Critical Design Review

April 28th, 2010 by

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has passed its most significant mission milestone to date, the Mission Critical Design Review, or MCDR. This signifies the integrated observatory will meet all science and engineering requirements for its mission.
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SEAKR’s Application Independent Processor passes in-orbit tests

April 28th, 2010 by

SEAKR Engineering, Inc. announced that SEAKR’s Application Independent Processor (AIP), which is a component of Cisco’s IP Routing in Space (IRIS) payload hosted on Intelsat’s IS-14 GEO communication satellite, has successfully passed In-Orbit-Testing.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. (Aerospace Systems) results Q1 2010

April 28th, 2010 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation reported financial results for the first quarter 2010.
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Australia extends hosted payload contract on Intelsat 22

April 28th, 2010 by

Intelsat S.A. announced an expansion of its April 2009 agreement for UHF hosted payload services with the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Other Posts:SpaceDev and SEI win Asteroid mission design contestEU decision on sale of Alcatel Alenia Space expected tomorrowWorldSpace still can’t pay debt, plans restructuringUpdate: Boeing gets the green light for construction of sixth WGS satelliteTaurus XL failure delays Kepler launch aboard Delta IIEutelsat results Q3 FY 2007-2008Dish Network Conquering Virgin TerritoriesNASA to skip Phoenix trajectory manoeuvre

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NASA UAV science mission utilises GE-23 capacity

April 28th, 2010 by

GE – Satellite was recently chosen by NASA to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for a science mission to study atmospheric and environmental conditions across in the Pacific via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
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Unnamed government customer books HYLAS-2 capacity

April 28th, 2010 by

Avanti Communications Group plc said it has signed a contract with a Government customer for the sale of an option over specific capacity on the HYLAS 2 satellite, which serves the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
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Tips to Link a Direct Television and Antenna Together

April 28th, 2010 by

You greatly need to utilize the R.F. coaxial port of your TV if you wish to link the Direct Television and the Antenna together. This sort of step is very easy to do especially if you can be able to link the satellite box onto another port such as the ports of a TV and or Component.
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