Orbcomm Inc. results Q3 2006
November 22nd, 2006 by
Orbcomm Inc., which recently completed an initial public offering, announced third quarter financial results.
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November 22nd, 2006 by
Orbcomm Inc., which recently completed an initial public offering, announced third quarter financial results.
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November 22nd, 2006 by
China and India have agreed “to strengthen their co-operation in the use of space-based technologies for peaceful and developmental applications,” according to a joint declaration issued after bilateral talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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November 22nd, 2006 by
A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced that the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III constellation, which provides communications capabilities to the U.S. military, has surpassed 175-years of on-orbit service.
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November 22nd, 2006 by
SES Astra has awarded the contract for the construction of its a satellite, Astra 3B, to the European satellite manufacturer Astrium. As prime contractor for Astra 3B, Astrium will design and build the satellite.
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November 22nd, 2006 by
Optus reportedly is in discussions with Orbital Sciences, the company that built and — apparently wrongly configured — the recently launched Optus D1 satellite.
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November 22nd, 2006 by
A report by Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post supports claims of a human rights group that China’s recently launched SinoSat 2 (Xinnuo 2) has failed and is likely a complete loss.
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November 22nd, 2006 by
NASA’s said that its Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) is likely lost, but efforts to regain contact with the spacecraft and determine what has happened to it will continue. Yesterday’s attempt to take an image of the silent spacecraft using a high-resolution camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has apparently failed.
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