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Astro All Asia Networks, the leading pay-TV operator in Malaysia, will lease Ku-band capacity from Measat, the satellite operator announced July 26. Measat will provide Astro with use of up to 13 Ku-band…
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BSkyB saw a double-digit increase in overall revenues for the year that closed June 30, the company announced July 27. BSkyB posted revenues 4.6 billion British pounds ($9.3 billion), an increase of 10 percent compared to 2006…
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Using new price offerings and taking advantage of a competitor’s woes, Iridium Satellite LLC picked up 44,000 subscribers in the past 12 months, the company announced July 27. Iridium reported a total of 203,000 subscribers at the end of June, a 28 percent increase over the 159,000 subscribers the company…
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A recent report by Aviation Week & Space Technology claiming that U.S. astronauts flew while heavily intoxicated on at least two occasions turned out to have been somewhat exaggerated. At least, there’s no proof yet for those allegations.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reported financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2007.
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Iridium Satellite LLC reported financial results for the second quarter 2007.
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The launch of space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station (ISS) will go ahead as scheduled on 7 August and will not be delayed owing to a sabotage incident reported earlier.
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An explosion yesterday killed three workers and critically injured three others at a Mojave Desert airport site used by Scaled Composites, the builder of SpaceShipOne and the planned SpaceShipTwo.
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