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Eutelsat Communications and SpeedCast announced a major commercial agreement with FURUNO, one of the leading companies in the maritime equipment and service sectors.
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SES New Skies said it will host IPTV Americas on its NSS-806 satellite. This will enable IPTV Americas to offer an end-to-end satellite-delivered IPTV distribution solution to all telecommunications and cable operators’ head ends in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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EchoStar Corporation and its EchoStar Satellite Services division announced an agreement with Vredes, Inc., to provide satellite services for emergency management and other remote location broadcast demands.
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Preparations are under way for fire tests of the Universal Rocket Module (URM-1) for the planned Angara family of Russian launch vehicles.
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The launch of a U.S. National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy scheduled for 14 January, 0049 UTC from Space Launch Complex-37 has been delayed 24 hours.
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Lockheed Martin announced that the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite has entered a major test phase with the latest version of flight software.
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On 14 January, NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft will fly by Earth during a gravity assist manoeuvre that will increase its velocity and sling shot the spacecraft into an orbit to meet up with comet Tempel 1 in February 2011.
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Astrium has acquired Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). The acquisition follows approval by the European Commission in December 2008.
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