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“He’s been trying to claim success by saying we did 80 percent or 90 percent or 95 percent of the flight plan. Well, that’s like saying you’re taking a jet from L.A. to New York City and having the jet crash before it gets there and you say the flight was 99 percent successful.” — Author and space industry consultant (and former SpaceX lobbyist) Frank Sietzen about Elon Musk’s earlier claims that the second Falcon 1 flight had proven 95+ percent of the rocket’s systems. (Los Angeles Business Journal)

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV), ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) and Qualcomm Incorporated announced an agreement under which Qualcomm will integrate satellite and cellular communication technology in select multi-mode mobile baseband chips.

A group of researchers at Cornell University has demonstrated GPS “spoofing” — the transmission of fake GPS signals that receivers accept as authentic ones.

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced that it had signed a contract to provide satellite capacity to Intersputnik.

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced that the Delaware Chancery Court issued its decision in the shareholder derivative and Loral Skynet noteholder actions pending before the court.

The Sea Launch team has initiated a 72-hour countdown at the equatorial launch site, in preparation for the launch of Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite on 24 September. Lift-off is planned at 0928 UTC at the opening of a two-hour launch window.

Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) said that it plans to launch its next Falcon 1 rocket in late September as previously scheduled.

Arianespace as signed a deal with the Russian space agency Roskosmos to acquire 10 new Soyuz rockets for launch from French Guiana.