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Northrop Grumman Corporation said it delivered the payload module for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite on 27 February, marking three consecutive early deliveries by the company for the sophisticated flight hardware and software.
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EchoStar Corporation reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the year 2008.
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DISH Network Corporation reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the year 2008.
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Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide bandwidth to The London Satellite Exchange Ltd., a subsidiary of Astrium Services, itself a unit of European Aeronautic Defence and Space company (EADS), to support unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance operations in Afghanistan.
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NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Landsat 5 satellite, which was launched on 1 March 1984, and is still in operation.
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