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ICO G1, launched yesterday aboard an Atlas V in 421 configuration, successfully deployed its solar arrays several hours after separation and was to begin firing its thrusters today in order to manoeuvre into geosynchronous orbit.
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“In Russia, many people have superstitious beliefs — black cats, Mondays, the number 13. That’s why I think that it is a good idea to change the number of the next space ship. I support the idea that it should be Soyuz TMA-14.” — Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, according to his press secretary Alexander Vorobyov
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The State University of New York (SUNY) has renewed its multi-year contract using SES Americom’s AMC-5 satellite for its SUNYSAT network, which is used to deliver the University’s New York Network and distance learning applications to its campuses throughout New York State, as well as state and government agencies and the media in the U.S.
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Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc, the UAE’s first nationally-owned satellite operator, has signed an agreement with the UAE Armed Forces to provide secure satellite communications in the UAE.
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The completion of the Russian segment for the International Space Station will be delayed for five years owing to insufficient funding, the head of Russia’s space rocket corporation said.
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COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded an Authorisation to Proceed (ATP) valued at US$1.2 million to provide passive microwave components for a commercial satellite.
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The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space today signed a EUR305 million (US$483 million) contract to provide the first Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite, devoted to oceanography and land-vegetation monitoring, as part of the European GMES programme. As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space is responsible for the satellite’s design, development and integration.
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Rocket: Atlas V/Centaur; Payload: ICO G1; Date: 14 April 2008, 2012 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite separated from the Centaur upper stage 30 minutes, 49 seconds after lift-off as planned.
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