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Archive for July 6th, 2012

EchoStar XVII, MSG-3 healthy after launch

July 6th, 2012 by

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that the EchoStar XVII satellite, designed and built for Hughes Network Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, is successfully performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan.

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SSTL announces exactView-1 satellite launch date

July 6th, 2012 by

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd said the launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, was scheduled for 22 July by a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Y1B satellite successfully tested in orbit, handed over to Yahsat

July 6th, 2012 by

Following the launch by Proton on 24 April 2012, the Y1B satellite has been handed over to Yahsat on 3 June 2012 after the successful completion of in-orbit testing conducted from the Yahsat control centre in Abu Dhabi (UAE).

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