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South Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced the result of the KSLV-1 (aka Naro-1) failure investigation by an independent panel on 8 February.
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Intelsat S.A. announced that its Intelsat 4 satellite (IS-4; formerly PAS-4), located at 72 degrees east, experienced an anomaly on 1 February 2010 at approximately 0018 UTC.
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According to an earlier filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the problems with Satmex 5’s xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS) started in June 2005.
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Satellites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. said that the primary xenon ion propulsion aboard Satmex 5 experienced an uexpected shutdown on 27 January.
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Eutelsat Communications said that all services affected by the anomaly which occurred in the evening of 27 January on Eutelsat W2 are now fully restored at 16 degrees East.
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