Satellite News

NASA managers completed a review of space shuttle Discovery’s readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station at 0120 UTC on 12 March (11 March local time).
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SSTL earns ESA award for its role in Galileo
Preparations for launch of Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A
Orbcomm Inc. results Q2 2008
GMV products to control new Nilesat satellite
Viasat Broadcasting Sees Slow Subscriber Growth
ViaSat Earns Awards For WWSS Equipment
Northrop Grumman Corporation (Aerospace) results 2006
Thales Agrees To Sell GPS Unit

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The Joint Stock Company Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems negotiated a contract on development Telkom-3 telecommunication spacecraft for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. communication operator.
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SES Global Reports Strong Profit
ND Satcom, LCDC Telecoms Implement Enterprise Network In Africa
First ATV launch no earlier than September
Analysts: Satellite TV May Be Reaching Peak In Canadian Market
Loral Skynet Brings Satellite Services To Remote British Island
XM CEO Hugh Panero to step down next month
Update: First Ariane launch of 2007 successful
Lockheed Martin GPS Satellite Ready For Launch

Other Posts:NOAA’s Satellite And Information Service Appoints LeaderIntelsat in joint venture to launch dedicated African satelliteNorthrop awarded RLV support contract by USAFMars Orbiter completes prime missionAPTS Lobbies Congress To Mandate Satellite CarriageMSV Meets FCC Satellite Construction Milestone; Reduces Bond AmountiDirect Supplies Platform For Intelsat Maritime OfferingSoyuz launch base in French Guiana officially opened

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered the first two suites of equipment for the Kanopus-type satellite platforms to its customer, Russian state research and development company FSUE NPP VNIIEM.
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H-E-B Extends Spacenet Contract, Adds Network-Management Services
Wanted: the Galilean rabbit
GeoEye Makes Final Debt Payment For Purchase Of Space Imaging
Air Force Orders Fifth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite
Astrium Wins Major Satellite Order
Eagle Broadband Super Headend Begins Operations
MESSENGER visits Venus
Integral Systems Receives CCS-C Contract Modification For Air Force’s WGS And AEHF Satellite Programs

Other Posts:GeoInformation Group Adds Thermal Mapping To Imagery PortfolioHispasat Posts Strong NumbersEADS (Astrium) results 2007Iridium Announces First Development Partners for NextTCS Receives Contract For Satellite Spectrum Management SystemThales Alenia Space: From ‘exceptional’ to ’solid’ in two yearsLockheed Martin results Q2 2007SpaceDev, Inc. results Q1 2008

The collision between Kosmos 2251 and Iridium 33 has (as could be expected) proven as a fertile ground for conspiracy theories – both in Russia and in the U.S. — Warning: the following is a bit lengthy, slightly off topic, and contains outright nonsense.
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SkyPort Launches Best-In-Class Partners Program and Attracts Top-Tier Providers
Shin to launch IPSTAR service in India at year-end
Update: Dnepr crashes after lift-off
NASA says Ares 1 has sufficient power
Comtech to buy Radyne
New MCPC platform on AsiaSat 3S
Nigcomsat-1 Attains Fixed Orbit
Orbital Sciences Reports Second Quarter Growth

Other Posts:DirecTV Signs Deal To Boost Broadband ProspectsFCC grants milestone extension to ICOEU Parliament ‘concerned’ about GalileoChutzpah in spaceVirgin America To Offer Dish Network In Every SeatReport: WiMAX has more opportunities than threats for satelliteTacSat 2 cleared for launchATK’s EO-1 satellite far exceeds design and mission life

NASA has moved up one day to 12 March the launch of its space shuttle Discovery on its 16-day mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
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The SERVIS-2 satellite successfully underwent its mechanical and electrical fit check to the flight model launch vehicle hardware at the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) facilities in Kamakura, Japan.
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Russia is developing anti-satellite weapons to match efforts by other nations, a deputy defence minister was quoted as saying.
Other Posts:Digital satellite TV reception grows in GermanyNew BelKa will take two years or more to buildESA, Estonia to co-operateRadyne Corporation results Q2 2006Boeing demonstrates TSAT voice, data and video servicesDelays of the day: Ariane 5ECA, Zenit 3SLCanada To Expand Satellite Broadband ProgramFirst ATV launcher’s assembly completed

Allen and Overy LLP, an international law firm, announced that its clients Mubadala Development Company and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat) had achieved financial close on the Yahsat satellite project.
Other Posts:U.S. early warning satellite DSP-23 failsSerbia Broadband takes capacity on Eutelsat W2Astrotech To Process Orbital Express MissionNext Falcon 1 launch expected between 1 and 5 AugustSpaceX completes development of regeneratively cooled rocket engineSS/L to build Telesat’s Nimiq 5Orbit Gets Ready for HD DebutNo Galileo agreement in sight, report