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Northrop Grumman Corporation, the payload integrator for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), has delivered the first SBIRS geosynchronous orbit (GEO) payload to prime contractor Lockheed Martin for integration into the spacecraft and final system-level testing.
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The indigenously developed cryogenic stage, to be used as the upper stage of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), was ground tested for a long duration of eight minutes at Liquid Propulsion test facility at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu.
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German pay-TV operator Premiere has been seeing strong demand for its new Bundesliga (German soccer) packages in Germany. The company announced August 2 that it had sold 45,000 subscriptions in less than two weeks, and that it expects to sell around 200,000 subscriptions…
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Numerex Corp., a machine-to-machine solutions and wireless network services provider, has acquired the assets of Orbit One Communications Inc., Numerex…
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SES Astra has signed two long-term capacity deals with top German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, SES Astra announced Aug…
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Navigation and communications devices manufacturer Garmin Ltd. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Synergy S.p.A., the distributor of Garmin’s consumer products in Italy, Garmin announced Aug. 3. Financial terms of the proposed deal were not disclosed. The move is intended to further strengthen Garmin’s…
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The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-118 has been postponed 24 hours to allow the shuttle processing team additional time to complete routine work before lift-off.
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Rocket: Delta II 7925-9.5; Payload: Phoenix Mars Lander; Date: 4 August 2007, 0926 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Initial contact with the spacecraft was obtained at 1102 UTC by Lockheed Martin’s Flight Operations team at its Space Systems company facility near Denver.
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