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Archive for April 3rd, 2013

ILS Proton to launch two missions for Intelsat

April 3rd, 2013 by

International Launch Services (ILS) and Intelsat S.A. have signed a contract for two firm ILS Proton launch missions.

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Azerspace handed over to Azerkosmos

April 3rd, 2013 by

Orbital Sciences Corp. provided Azerkosmos with complete control over Azerbaijan’s first national telecommunication satellite, Azerspace/Africasat-1a.

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GeoMetWatch partners with AsiaSat to launch advanced severe weather payload

April 3rd, 2013 by

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited and GeoMetWatch Corp. announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership to host the first of six Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORM) instruments on board a new satellite planned to be launched by AsiaSat in 2016.

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‘Mr. Arianespace’ becomes new CNES President

April 3rd, 2013 by

The French Council of Ministers has appointed Jean-Yves Le Gall President of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES).

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