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Archive for April 17th, 2015

SNC, DLR announce new Dream Chaser programme cooperation

April 17th, 2015 by

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC’s) Space Systems and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) announce the signing of a new Dream Chaser programme co-operation.

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Orbital ATK delivers DirecTV’s SKYM-1 to launch site

April 17th, 2015 by

Orbital ATK, Inc. announced it delivered the SKY MEXICO-1 (SKYM-1, formerly also knopwn as DTH) satellite to the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana for its DirecTV customer.

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TAS reaches major milestone in KTSAT satellite programmes

April 17th, 2015 by

Thales Alenia Space announced the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Koreasat-7 and Koreasat-5A satellites.

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COM DEV wins contract for Asian commercial communications satellite

April 17th, 2015 by

COM DEV International Ltd. announced that it has signed a contract to provide payload equipment for a commercial satellite that will offer a range of communications services to a portion of the Asian market.

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SESAT marks 15 years in orbit

April 17th, 2015 by

On 18 April 2015, ISS-Reshetnev Company celebrates 15 years since the launch of the geostationary telecommunications satellite Sesat, developed and built for Eutelsat.

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NewSat goes bankrupt

April 17th, 2015 by

Australian satellite firm NewSat was placed in administration just weeks after COFACE withdrew support for the launch of the company’s Jabiru-1 satellite.

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