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Because of an ongoing review of the space shuttle’s flow control valves, NASA managers have rescheduled meetings this week to assess the launch readiness of shuttle Discovery’s STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.
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Dnepr crashes after lift-off
Amos-3 ready for first ‘Land Launch’
EchoStar to provide Ku-band capacity to NPS
Norsat Becomes Debt Free
Comtech EF Data Expands Government Programs Group
New launch date for Ekspress AM44, MD1 set
Serbia Builds GPS Infrastructure Network With Trimble VRS Technology
Scientists See Threat From U.S. Satellite Protection Plan

Other Posts:International Datacasting Names VP For Sales, MarketingSSTL to continue work on GEO platform under ESA contractTandberg Gets Digiturk DealRussia to launch Koronas-Foton in JanuaryGlobalstar okayed to buy Brazilian gateway operatorThuraya forms alliance with China SatelliteSwedish Space Corporation appoints new CEONASA successfully completes engine hardware tests for Ares V

ESA’s Herschel and Planck missions that will study the formation of stars and galaxies and the relic radiation from the Big Bang, respectively, have successfully completed their test campaigns in Europe. The two spacecraft will soon be shipped to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Marlink Demonstrates Global Maritime Broadband VSAT Service
NASA awards another NOAA GOES-R instrument contract
Update: Last M-V puts Solar-B in orbit
QuikSCAT completes eighth year in orbit
Proton-M to launch third Inmarsat I4 satellite in August
Microsats successfully collaborate in space
Gilat Satellite Networks to be sold, report
Third German radar satellite in orbit

Other Posts:Integral Systems, Inc. results Q3 FY2007Thales Alenia Space to deliver Giove-B satellite to ESANDS, SES Americom Combine To Offer New NDS Synamedia Metro IPTV Middleware To U.S. TelcosWorldSpace, Inc. results Q2Multichoice to use Intelsat capacity for mobile TV trialSirius Satellite Radio results 2007Loral Space & Communications Inc. results Q1 2008Ciel gets preliminary green light for six satellite slots

Lockheed Martin announced that the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company’s Sunnyvale, California/USA facilities.
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China launches next-gen polar orbiting weather satellite
Xilinx QPro radiation-tolerant FPGAs for CrIS
CBERS-2B declared operational
China to launch another mysterious satellite duo
Special Russian ‘business practices’ may delay Soyuz-Kourou
Orbital Sciences Wins SES Americom Deal
SpaceDev and SEI win Asteroid mission design contest
WINDS/Kizuna launch date set

Other Posts:Hubble slowly comes back to lifeCerona Launches SkyDSR Digital Satellite RouterSkyPort calls off RAMTelecom acquisitionEC approves Solaris application for mobile satellite serviceEchoStar Communications Corporation results Q2 2007Satellites Tracking Birds To Fight Avian InfluenzaProgress M-63 de-orbitedSES Astra signs new long-term contract with Canal+

Transmission of 150 satellite TV channels in China was interrupted on 9 February owing to satellite problems, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said.
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MDA to upgrade WorldView image processing systems
CapRock closes Arrowhead acquisition
GeoEye secures insurance for GeoEye-1
Last launch in 2007: Proton lofts three navigation satellites
NASA engineers complete engine test series for J-2X
Spacehab submits NASA COTS proposal
SS/L to build Telesat’s Nimiq 5
Ciel gets preliminary green light for six satellite slots

Other Posts:Integral control system for BSAT-3b, 3cBoeing, Lockheed Martin Submit TSAT ProposalsArrowhead Global Solutions Wins Contract for Portable Satellite TerminalsChinese satellite launch expected tomorrowNSR Report Expects MSS Market To Reach $7.1 Billion By 2012NASA may have found cause for MGS lossThe surprise return of KazSat 1Shuttle repair mission to launch next May

Jordanian and Kuwaiti companies have announced the launch of a new satellite operator for the MENA (Middle East, North Africa) region.
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iDirect Opens New Middle East/Africa Headquarters
Russia’s Teleport-Services To Use Gilat’s Skyedge Broadband For University System
Larry Boisvert appointed new CSA President
Space Agencies Unveil Exploration Strategy Framework
KSC facility upgraded for Orion
EchoStar Goes For Proton
Eaglepicher To Furnish Lockheed Martin With Batteries
Worldspace Stock Hits 52-Week Low Due To Disappointing Subscriber Growth

Other Posts:Lockheed completes GPS III system design reviewIntelsat To Sell Maryland TeleportMotorola settles Iridium bankruptcy cases, pays nothingAndrew Debuts 2.4-Meter Vehicle-Mounted SatelliteAmos-3 satellite arrives at Baikonur launch siteRad Data Partners With Inmarsat For Voice Over BGANBoeing Completes GPS 3 System Design ReviewManoeuvre targets MESSENGER for first Mercury encounter

TerreStar Europe Limited, a European mobile communications provider and an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation, announced that it has submitted a filing to the European Commission certifying that it had complied with the Critical Design Review milestone of the Pan-European 2GHz MSS S-band selection and spectrum authorisation process.
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Telenor Satellite Services Unveils Emergency Communications Response Kit
RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. results 2007
YES3 call for proposals
Boeing, Lockheed Martin To Submit Proposals for GPS 3
Intelsat’s GlobalConnex lands in Brazil
Glentel Launches Satellite Hub
Swift loses orientation, put in safe mode
Radio glitch delays Phoenix schedule by one day

Other Posts:EchoStar Wins DVR Patent SuitTelenor Acquires Norse Technology Satellite Communications UnitGOES-P completes environmental testsGlobeCast, Setanta Sports Pair Up For Multichannel DealUN To Hold Satellite-Aided Search and Rescue Training In South AfricaAsia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. results H1 2007Spacehab Wins $9.5 Million NASA ContractAmerican Satellite Scientists Share Nobel Prize In Physics

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited announced that J. Timothy Bryan, chief executive officer and board member of ICO Global and its subsidiaries, has resigned from his officer and board positions.
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Loral receives NASDAQ staff determination notice
TDRS-1 completes 25 years in orbit
Integral Systems’ IPS to support JCSAT-12
SpaceDev awarded contract from Space Systems/Loral
Spacenet Hires Andreas Georghiou as CEO
Microsats successfully collaborate in space
CBERS-2B to undergo environmental tests
Radyne to buy AeroAstro

Other Posts:NOAA-N Prime pre-launch detailsUpdate: Pegasus XL puts NASA’s AIM in orbitSpaceX Finalizes Preparations For Falcon 1 LaunchYamal 201 suffers six-hour outageFrance 24 free to air on Astra And NSS-7Universitetsky: victim of U.S. military test or victim of age?Chang’e I enters lunar orbitNASA completes Constellation ground operations review

After decades of endless announcements but no action Iran has finally managed to independently build and launch a micro-satellite. But apart from that not much seems to have changed; official announcements usually still range from vague to nonsensical. No wonder western media reports sometimes aren’t much better, either.
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SkyPort Partners With Comdex To Provide Secure Communications Services
China launches two satellites
GenCorp (Aerospace and Defense) results Q3 FY 2006
Launch date for Rascom 1 and Horizons 2
Czech Republic accedes to the ESA Convention
RRSat selects Scopus platforms for video over IP projects
Boeing Wins Air Force Contract
CALIPSO team honoured with NASA Group Achievement Award

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