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Archive for January 25th, 2007

Loral wins US$51 million in action against Cablevision subsidiary

January 25th, 2007 by

Loral Space & Communications Inc. has won a jury verdict in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, USA, in its contract action against Rainbow DBS Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation.

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Northrop integrates AEHF antennas

January 25th, 2007 by

The uplink and downlink phased array antennas developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications payload have been successfully integrated onto the first flight structure, and their performance has been verified alongside other essential payload components.

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COROT sees first light

January 25th, 2007 by

In the night between 17 and 18 January 2007, the protective cover of the COROT telescope has been successfully opened, and COROT has seen for the first time light from stars.

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SS/L to build new EchoStar satellite

January 25th, 2007 by

Space Systems/Loral has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS) for EchoStar Orbital Corporation II, a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications Corporation.

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