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China has promised to replace the failed Nigerian telecommunications satellite Nigcomsat-1 free of charge after it failed after about 18 months in orbit, the China Daily said.
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The European Space Agency will host the 5th European Conference on Space Debris at ESA’s Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, from 30 March – 2 April.
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Globalstar, Inc. announced that Coface has agreed to provide a guaranty in support of a proposed US$574 million credit facility to be extended by a syndicate of banks to Globalstar as borrower.
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Intelsat, Ltd. announced that RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. launched an additional TV programming platform on Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite, which is expected to reach millions of viewers in North America.
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Teal Group Corp. announced at Satellite 2009 its revised figures for the world-wide Mission Model survey of future space payloads. The study encompasses 2,033 payloads proposed through 2009-2028.
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