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Ciel and Telesat have been awarded a total of 12 licences by the Canadian government to launch new satellites.
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As part of their Ares I Upper Stage production proposal, the three core companies that make-up Team Ares – Alliant Techsystems, Lockheed Martin, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne — have been utilising internal company funds that will help NASA mitigate the development risk for its future fleet of exploration launch vehicles.
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Kazakhstan has scrapped the Ishim air launch project, reports Russian newspaper Kommersant. Separately, the country wants Russia to stop Proton launches from Baikonur, according to Interfax news agency.
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Vodacom Group, South Africa’s largest cell phone company, and Naspers, the country’s largest media company, have formed a venture to sell satellite…
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Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a $16.1 million contract to install a next-generation media processing center for an unnamed…
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Alliant Techsystems (ATK) completed its acquisition of Swales Aerospace, a provider of satellite components and subsystems, small…
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Multichoice, an African direct-to-home operator, has linked up with South African…
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Inmarsat has made SatCom Group a full distribution partner for its forthcoming satellite phone services scheduled to be introduced in…
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