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Archive for March 5th, 2009

SmartSat shortlists two manufacturers for first satellite

March 5th, 2009 by

SmartSat, a new new UAE-based satellite operator, said its first satellite is now in the design stage while two of the world’s top 10 global satellite manufacturers have already been short listed for the project.

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MRO recovers from safe mode

March 5th, 2009 by

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has fully recovered from an unexpected computer reset last week and resumed its scientific investigation of Mars.

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Mars Odyssey to be rebooted

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The team operating NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption.

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Boeing CubeSat completes 10,000th orbit

March 5th, 2009 by

The Boeing demonstration picosatellite CubeSat TestBed 1 (CSTB1) has surpassed 10,000 Earth orbits since its launch on 17 April 2007.

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ICO issues response to Ofcom announcement

March 5th, 2009 by

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited announced that it “takes strong exception to the press statement by the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) regarding Ofcom’s intent to write to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on 17 March to ‘instruct that the ICO-P assignments currently recorded in the ITU Master Register be cancelled’.”

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EMS Technologies results 2008

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EMS Technologies, Inc. reported fourth-quarter and full year 2008 results.

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Cyfrowy Polsat increases capacity on Hotbird 9

March 5th, 2009 by

Eutelsat Communications and Polish pay-TV platform Cyfrowy Polsat have signed a new contract for an additional transponder on Eutelsat’s Hotbird 9 satellite.

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