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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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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
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Intelsat, Ltd. was named “Operator of the Year” at the 2009 SatCom Africa conference last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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According to Arianespace’s annual report, minor modifications are planned to be made to the Ariane 5 ECA in order to increase its payload capacity by 400 kg. Part of the problem is the recent trend towards smaller satellites, which makes it harder to find matching satellites for dual launches.
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Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) said the country’s Paksat 1R satellite would be launched on 14 August 2011.
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South Korean officials said that the Unha-2 rocket recently launched by North Korea did follow a trajectory that was consistent with a satellite launch. Their version of what happened is also slightly different from what has been suspected so far.
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Lockheed Martin said it successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite.
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Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) is conducting preliminary studies to develop Malaysia’s first communications satellite, which will be used for security purposes.
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