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Archive for December 27th, 2006

Russia Performs Pair Of Launches

December 27th, 2006 by

The Russian government has placed three Glonass navigation satellites and a communications spacecraft into orbit in a pair of launches, according to press reports. A Proton rocket lofted three modernized Glonass-M satellites into orbit Dec. 26…

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Empost Installs Communications System In United Arab Emirates

December 27th, 2006 by

Empost, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) national courier company, is installing GPS units in more than 425 delivery vans and motorcycles as part of an advanced…

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ViaSat Inc. Receives Order For Military Satellite Modems

December 27th, 2006 by

ViaSat Inc. has received a $4.6 million order from the Defense Communication and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) for MD-1366 enhanced bandwidth efficient modems, which are used by the U.S. Department of…

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Despite Delays, JAXA Deploys Satellite Antenna

December 27th, 2006 by

Following a day’s delay, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Dec. 26 that a key receiving antenna on its Kiku-8 engineering test satellitehad been deployed, pushing completion of the mission’s critical phase to Dec. 27…

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Air Force Orders Fifth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite

December 27th, 2006 by

Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. was awarded a $50.7 million contract modification to begin work on the fifth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS), the U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22…

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ETS VIII antennas unfolded

December 27th, 2006 by

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully deployed the two large deployable antenna reflectors (LDR) of the recently launched Engineering Test Satellite VIII, or Kiku No. 8.

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Update: Russian navigation satellites on their way

December 27th, 2006 by

Three Uragan satellites launched aboard a Proton K were successfully placed in their target orbit by the rocket’s Block-DM2 upper stage at 2350 UTC on 25 December.

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