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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.
Other Posts:Delay of the day: Chandrayaan 1GSLV returns to flight with INSAT-4CR launchGlobalstar Revenues, Earnings, Subscribers DropThrane & Thrane Looks To NSSL For European HelpExtension of ESA’s Integral and XMM-Newton missions approvedHarris donates OS/COMET to FalconSAT programmeESOC to provide LEOP services for two more MSG satellitesSirius Drops 2006 Subscriber Guidance

The DirecTV Group, Inc. reported first quarter 2009 results.
Other Posts:Lockheed delivers second AEHF flight structureSea Launch explosion costly for insurersCiel gets preliminary green light for six satellite slotsATK to work on multimode propulsionEuropean-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISSIridium Satellite LLC results Q2 2007European Satellite Link Expands Marine/Land Mobile ConnectivityDelay of the day: Dnepr, Genesis II

The planned launch of TacSat 3 aboard a Minotaur rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility had to be cancelled because of bad weather.
Other Posts:ProtoStar Opens Singapore Office, Appoints President of ProtoStar AsiaOptus won’t comment on legal action over D1 misconfigurationSES, EchoStar in QuetzSat dealPremiere Hopes To Bounce Back After Revenue FallRadarsat-2 finally ready, but launch delayed againChang’e 1 orbit tweaked; ESA prepares for trackingEDB Fakel Hall thrusters for AerojetThe Boeing Company (Integrated Defense Systems) results Q3 2008

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a new communications satellite, named AsiaSat 5C, to Asia Satellite Telecommunications company Limited (AsiaSat).
Other Posts:Launch updatesLockheed Martin Corporation (Space Systems) results Q3 2007Delay of the day: Koronas FotonContract extends RSRM production through shuttle retirementEutelsat, SES Global To Develop Mobile Broadcasting ServiceCourt Stays Tivo Injunction Versus EchostarSpaceDev, Inc. results 2006Dish Network Launches MobileDish Programming Packages

SSTL has secured a EUR300,000 contract to undertake radiation testing as part of the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission.
Other Posts:Thales To Provide NATO With Secure, Jam-Proof Satellite CommunicationsBall Aerospace completes OMPS integration for NPPMiltec delivers nanosatellites to U.S. ArmyIGC Teams With Thrane & Thrane To Offer Combined Iridium/Inmarsat SystemRaytheon submits proposal for GOES-R ground segmentZenit 3SL adds Blues to RhythmWunderkind MikeISRO Forms Committee To Review GSLV Failure

The primary mission of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF) is about to end after more than five and a half years of probing the cosmos with its infrared sensor.
Other Posts:Loral Space & Communications Inc. results Q2 2008DVB approves DVB-SH specificationHarris begins delivery of LAMDA terminalsITU sends satellite terminals to earthquake regionUpdate: STS-119 moved forward 24 hoursBAE Systems to produce FPGAs for space useBoeing tests new GPS ground stationProtoStar and PLDT/Mabuhay agree to collaborate on satellite services

Eutelsat Communications has launched its Tooway consumer Internet access service in Ireland and announced a distribution deal for the service in Spain.
Other Posts:MetOp launch campaign resumedHyperion imager celebrates seventh anniversary in orbitAtlas V launches six experimental military satellitesRainbow Hoping To Really Push VoomBSkyB, Premiere Conclude New Sports Rights DealsTelenor Satellite Services to be acquired by Apax PartnersLoral files Form 10-K, regains NASDAQ complianceGoodrich technology controls NFIRE’s attitude