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Preparations for Ariane 5’s upcoming mission to explore the universe’s origins have entered their final phase with the startup of payload integration on the heavy-lift launcher. A new date for the delayed mission has not been set, though.
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ProtoStar I, Badr 6 pre-launch details
Vega Upper Composite Passes Vibration Tests
Boeing Team To Seek GPS Redundancy For DARPA
Stratos First Quarter Revenues Climb 21 Percent.
Tandberg Deploys Small Market Video-On-Demand Solution For Time Warner
Boeing Demonstrates Part Of Proposed TSat Architecture
Jaba Networks To Market SatMax System In Mexico

Other Posts:Arianespace To Launch Helios 2BNew regional platforms on IntelsatUK, Netherlands reject public funding for Galileo — reportFour bidders for Gokturk contract–reportSaab sells space unit to RUAGIvanov warns Roskosmos as Russia misses GLONASS goalXM Unveils New RadioBall Aerospace receives MASINT order

Delivered to ESTEC (ESA’s test centre) in The Netherlands last summer, LISA Pathfinder has been undergoing a rigorous series of tests designed to validate its design parameters and response to the launch environment.
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Satlynx Ready To Help Ouranos Networks
GCI successfully transitions all traffic to Galaxy 18
Marshall Center honours 2006 Contractor Excellence Award winners
Globalstar okayed to buy Brazilian gateway operator
GOCE completes early orbit phase
ATCi integrates teleport for AGH Media Group
Delay of the day: Delta IV Heavy (again)
Harris Router Selected by German Satellite Services Provider

Other Posts:DirecTV Launches Airport Kiosk ServiceUpdate: China launches Nigeria’s first communication satelliteIndonesian Government Partners With DigitalGlobe To Assess TaxesThree ESA Earth science missions move to next phaseTacSat 2 cleared for launchAres I crew launch vehicle first stage contract modificationUpdate: New rules for commercial U.S. rocket launchesCiel II pre-launch details

SES S.A. reported on the financial performance in the three months to 31 March 2009, and confirmed that it had put Astra 5A into graveyard orbit.
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WorldSpace receives approval for satellite radio service in Germany
Update: Universitetsky: victim of U.S. military test or victim of age?
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TerraSAR-X launch comes closer
SkyVision takes Intelsat 601 capacity
EADS results Q1 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation (Space Systems) results Q2 2006
French satellite pay-TV platform to launch on 10 December

Other Posts:Iridium, Raytheon Offer Emergency CommunicationsA truly cloaked booster?JAXA Launches Kiku-8 Test SatelliteLibya jammed Thuraya phone satellite, reportChina launches first ’seed satellite’AsiaSat Post Higher Profits But Concerned About Chinese BusinessXM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. results Q1 2008SkyTerra announces closing of transaction with BCE

An arbitration panel has ordered Sea Launch Co. to pay Hughes Network Systems (HNS) about US$52 million in connection with a terminated launch contract, Boeing said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange.
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SES Astra Signs Deal With French News Channel
Iridium, Omnilink Launch Offering in Brazil
Orbcomm Inc. results 2007
Angara core module being prepared for testing
SSTL Adds Board Members
Dnepr with five satellites to be launched on 29 August
Arabsat orders two more satellites from Astrium/TAS
Paradigm signs contract with Dutch Ministry of Defence

Other Posts:Delay of the day: STS-119 (once again)Telenor Teams With Telemar For Marine CommunicationsTampa Microwave, RT Logic Release Satellite Simulator With DelayNew BelKa will take two years or more to buildIndian government approves INSAT-4GESA, Inmarsat sign Alphasat MoUAir Force Launches GPS SatelliteNOAA-N Prime delayed a day

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing on the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Weather Satellite System.
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MSV Appoints Vice President Of Enterprise Operations
Europe Moves Closer To Unified Space Policy
Glentel installs new satellite hub
Northrop Grumman Corporation (Aerospace) results Q2 2006
Integral demos CCS-C support of TCP/IP SLE protocol
BAE Systems-led team to work on Novel Satellite Communications
Worldspace Satellite Radio Reports Flattened Subscriptions
Update: Second German spy satellite launched

Other Posts:Dnepr Places TerraSAR-X Into OrbitFraunhofer to develop ‘blueprint’ for European WorldSpace receiverESA: propulsion problem does not endanger ATV missionETS VIII drifting towards final geostationary slotNewtech Launches EqualinkATV successfully launched, propulsion problem reportedICO announces resignation of CEOShernit named Intelsat General President

Ukraine is interested in joining the European navigation satellite project Galileo and a co-operation on the Vega small launcher.
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Last New Horizons instrument operational
Iridium, Raytheon Offer Emergency Communications
Orbital Express satellites successfully separate, remate
SS/L gets contract for ChinaSat-8 modification
Monitor-E off again, Khrunichev director confirms
WGS satellite operations transitioned to CCS-C system
Anomaly I: Falcon 1 launch pushed back to February
Orbital Names Marcheto General Manager Of Space Systems Group

Other Posts:NASA again postpones Discovery launchKey findings from the 5th European Conference on Space DebrisSirius Steps Beyond Radio To Offer Backseat TVSES Global ‘Satellite Operator of the Year’Update: Hubble camera shuts down againGlobal Trajectory Optimisation Competition 2009Skynet 5B satellite ready for launchRadyne Receives Modem, Amplifier Order

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove on 23 April for the first time since 8 April, acting on commands from engineers who are still investigating bouts of amnesia and other unusual behaviour exhibited by Spirit in the past two weeks.
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Boeing Delivers GPS Hardware, Completes Testing
Goldberg to succeed Boisvert as Telesat president, CEO
Iran may order satellite abroad
Last parts for Ares I-X shipped
Solar Eclipses: 2001 – 2010
GMV products to control new Nilesat satellite
Globalstar’s Singapore gateway now operational
SpaceX sets RazakSAT launch date

Other Posts:OHB Group results H1 2007Lockheed Martin Completes Reviews For GPS-3, MUOSITT wins NASA strategic missions concept study awardsIndia launches Israeli spy satellite; mysteries remainLincoln Lab successfully tests WGS-1 in orbitNorsat Wins Order from United States Air ForceMarshall Communications and AGS extend NASA contractEchoStar stops construction of mobile multimedia satellite