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Archive for August 15th, 2007

Bigelow cancels Galaxy, to move ahead with Sundancer

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Rising launch costs have made Bigelow Aerospace scrap its Galaxy subscale test spacecraft and instead move ahead with the company’s first human habitable spacecraft, the Sundancer.

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Shin to launch IPSTAR service in India at year-end

August 15th, 2007 by

Shin Satellite PCL said it expected to complete building IPSTAR ground stations in India by September and launch services there in the fourth quarter.

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Connexion by Boeing is dead, long live BBSN

August 15th, 2007 by

Boeing Service Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, has been awarded a US$30 million firm-fixed-price contract to continue providing Boeing Broadband Satcom Network (BBSN) service to the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command.

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FCC says MSV has met physical construction milestone

August 15th, 2007 by

The International Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission determined that Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC (MSV) has met the beginning physical milestone associated with the authorisation for the construction of the MSV-1 satellite.

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Orbcomm Inc. results Q2 2007

August 15th, 2007 by

Orbcomm Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2007.

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Swift loses orientation, put in safe mode

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NASA’s Swift gamma ray observatory has been put in safe mode after problems occurred with the spacecraft’s attitude control on 10 August.

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STSS passes two critical ground system tests

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Northrop Grumman Corporation, the prime contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS, formerly SBIRS-Low) announced the successful completion of two significant ground system milestones.

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New gyro, new software for ISS

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During a spacewalk, two astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour removed and replaced a gyroscope that failed in late 2006.

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