Satellite News

The Sea Launch team arrived at the launch site in the Equatorial Pacific over the weekend and initiated a 72-hour countdown, in preparation for the launch of Intelsat’s Galaxy 18 satellite on Wednesday, 21 May.
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Bigelow Aerospace, LLC has contracted Orion Propulsion, Inc. to supply the attitude control system for the forward end of Sundancer – the first commercial space habitat capable of supporting a human crew.
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Officials from the U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced the award of the next generation GPS Space System (GPS IIIA) prime contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company with a period of performance of FY 08-17 and valued at US$1.46 million.
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The members of the ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) have concluded two weeks of meetings in Moscow, and concurred with the Russian investigative commission on the cause of the recent Proton Briz M failure.
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Japan’s long-delayed medium-sized Galaxy Express (GX) rocket may cost three to five times as much as originally expected, the Yomiuri Shimbun reports. The project is now likely to face a review, the report said.
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WorldSpace Satellite Radio announced results for the first quarter ending 31 March 2008.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported its results for the quarter ending 31 March 2008.
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Eutelsat reported financial information for the third quarter ending 31 March 2008.
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