Satellite News

An International Launch Services Proton M launch vehicle, utilising a 5-burn Briz M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the IndoStar 2/ProtoStar II satellite on board on 15 May.
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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA officials announced Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. has (again) been selected to build two satellites for NOAA’s next generation geostationary satellite series, GOES-R.
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Russia’s Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft has undocked from the International Space Station to become a temporary space lab before being deorbited.
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Alliant Techsystems reported strong operating results for Fiscal Year 2009, which ended on 31 March 2009.
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Sirius XM Radio announced first quarter 2009 financial and operating results.
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The DirecTV Group, Inc. reported first quarter 2009 results.
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