Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Beidou 2 (Beidou G1?); Date: 15 April 2009, 1616 UTC. The navigation satellite was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit.
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Small satellites launched from space shuttle
Boeing Receives Additional GPS Funding
MESSENGER completes first Mercury flyby
Shin’s Numbers Suggest IPStar Struggles
Lockheed Martin completes acoustic test of first AEHF satellite
GenCorp gets Air Force deal
Protostar Closes On $210 Million Satellite Financing
NASA examines handle bar addition for JWST

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New Dawn Satellite Company Ltd., a joint venture between Intelsat and a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners, has awarded Arianespace the launch contract to deliver the Intelsat New Dawn satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
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Fourth Yaogan satellite launched
Update: Lockheed wins first GPS III contract
Eutelsat results 1H FY 2007-2008
Air Force Declares GPS 2R-M Satellite Operational
Intelsat, Ltd. results 2006
Chinese rocket engine completes initial tests
Satellite-Delivered Digital Cinema Signals Transformation In Film Industry
IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication Services

Other Posts:GOCE prepares for shipment to RussiaGlobecomm to buy GlobalSatWorldView-1 starts taking images for NGARussia can’t help itFirst ATV to undock from ISS on FridayRussia confirms lift of Glonass restrictionsSES S.A. results H1 2007GOCE launch delayed again

Boeing announced that it has shipped the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite from the company’s satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan.
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South Korean/Russian rocket takes technology safeguard hurdle
WildBlue Names Adolph As CFO
Infineon software-defined-radio technology for SkyTerra, TerreStar
GOCE: Critical operations ongoing
Thaicom to extend IPSTAR services to Japan
In-orbit testing reveals problem with DirecTV spot-beams
UDcast To Outfit High- Speed Sites For Algerian State Banks
Globecomm subsidiary receives VSAT order

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The crash of Kosmos 2251 and Iridium 33 on 10 February has created at least 823 larger parts of debris – and much more smaller ones, NASA reports in its latest Orbital Debris Quarterly News.
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PRESat and NanoSail-D pre-launch details
ATK Receives Contract To Build Orion Solid Rocket Motors
ProtoStar Names Paul Froelich As CFO
Energomash corruption scandal does not affect Atlas V launches
Oldest commercial communications satellite retired
Ondas Media Gets CMT Backing
Italian radar aboard MRO ‘working perfectly’
Egyptsat Turns To Newtec For Broadband System

Other Posts:SES Astra launches digital platform in GermanySpacehab to support pre-launch preparations for Russia’s MRM1NASA resuscitates NuSTARAsiaSat announces new major shareholder GEOrbital Names Marcheto General Manager Of Space Systems GroupNSR Report Expects MSS Market To Reach $7.1 Billion By 2012OS/COMET now with capability for remote accessDouble trouble for new satellite operator Arsat

Stratos Global Corporation, a provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, announced its acquisition by Inmarsat Finance III Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat plc.
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EMS Technology buys Australian company
Update: Integration of Astra 1M begins at Baikonur
Second Galileo test satellite finally in orbit
Sirius Satellite Radio Creates Metropolitan Opera Channel
Arabsat 2B drifts after brief outage
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. results Q3 2006
Northrop Grumman completes LCROSS thermal vacuum testing
Today’s Space Weather

Other Posts:Kizuna launch NET 23 FebruaryNear Earth Expands Advisory Board, Investment Banking TeamUpdate: NASA selects SpaceX, RpK for COTS programmeUpdate: China reportedly blows up weather satellite in ASAT testFengyun 2D completes orbit-raising manoeuvreSerbia Builds GPS Infrastructure Network With Trimble VRS TechnologyViaSat Inc. results Q1 FY 2009Frequency Electronics to provide more parts for military comsats

Intelsat, Ltd. was named “Operator of the Year” at the 2009 SatCom Africa conference last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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MSV Chooses Nortel For Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Network Trial
Malfunction wipes out more than half of Galaxy 26 capacity
AeroAstro awarded NASA contract for reconfigurable electronics
Phoenix on its way to Mars
NOAA awards contract to support operational space, ground systems
L-3 Communications Wins Multimillion-Dollar Deal
Lockheed Martin delivers SBIRS-GEO Pointing & Control Assembly
Lockheed Martin Completes System Requirements Review For GPS-3

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