Satellite News

Russian Space Communications Company (RSCC) has signed loan agreements with Russia’s Sberbank worth a total of RUB6.2 billion (EUR169 million, US$260 million) for funding its costs related with the production and launch of satellites, the company said.
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Willis Inspace announced it has provided Eutelsat with the largest launch insurance package ever placed for a satellite operator in the space insurance market.
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Orbcomm Inc. has signed a next generation satellite constellation contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to build 18 new Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) satellites with an option to purchase up to 30 additional OG2 satellites to augment and upgrade Orbcomm’s existing satellite constellation.
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Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals today.
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SES Astra has signed a framework contract with the Internet service provider NordNet to market its satellite based two-way broadband service Astra2Connect in France.
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MultiChoice Hellas announced the renewal to 2020 of its satellite capacity at the Hotbird video neighbourhood operated by Eutelsat Communications.
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded a NASA contract that supports the agency’s Science Mission Directorate 2007 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) in developing Earth science instrument subsystem technologies. Ball will also participate in a contract as co-investigators on a study led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
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Vietnam has entered negotiations for an orbital slot orbit for its second satellite, Vinasat-2, which is slated to launch in the next seven to eight years, said Deputy Minister of Information and Telecommunications Tran Duc Lai.
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