Satellite News

China’s first direct broadcast satellite (DBS) Chinasat 9 is set to be launched next month, the China Business News reported today, according to sources from China Direct Broadcast Satellite Co Ltd. (DBSAT).
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NASA senior managers completed a review of space shuttle Discovery’s readiness for flight and selected 31 May as the official launch date for the STS-124 mission.
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced the signing of an agreement with Globalstar, Inc. under which Hughes will design, manufacture and implement the next-generation Radio Access Network (RAN).
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Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced its financial results for the three months ending 31 March 2008.
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Taiwanese satellites recorded a sharp drop in ionospheric density above China’s Sichuan Province before the Earthquake a week ago, verifying previous records that seismic activities affect ionospheric density, the China Times reported.
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SpaceDev, Inc. has been notified that the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), after the completion of a successful Critical Design Review (CDR), has elected to exercise its option for continuation of SpaceDev’s High Delta-V (HiDVE) Satellite programme.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation said its patented hemispherical resonating gyro (HRG) technology recently surpassed 10 million hours of continuous service in support of numerous commercial and military space applications dating back to February of 1996.
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The Russian Progress M-64 cargo spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
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