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NASA managers completed a review of space shuttle Endeavour’s readiness for flight and selected 13 June as the official launch date for the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station.
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The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s upcoming mission with the world’s largest commercial telecommunications satellite to be launched was moved to the Final Assembly Building, clearing the way for its integration of the TerreStar-1 payload.
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A new launch date has been announced for DubaiSat-1, the United Arab Emirates’ first remote-sensing satellite.
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Gazprom Space Systems confirmed that its Yamal-201 satellite had suffered an outage but said that services have meanwhile been restored.
Other Posts:Marshall Byrd appointed VP and general manager of LMCSSXM Canada and Rogers Communications Agree For Comprehensive Content dealUDcast Expands DVB-H Mobile TV Technology MarketsVitaly Lopota elected new Energia presidentEU Commission clears sale of Telenor Satellite ServicesAndrews to study flexible thermal protection conceptsBoeing demonstrates key GPS III featuresFourth reaction wheel failure ends FUSE mission

GeoEye, Inc. said that a recently discovered flaw in a certain operating mode of the company’s GeoEye-1 satellite will not materially impact revenues.
Other Posts:THEOS launch problems reportedly resolvedStar One C2, Vinasat 1 pre-launch detailst/Space bids for NASA COTS contractMars rover continues to suffer from temporary amnesiaGAO report on problems with new U.S. weather satellitesSinoSat 2 fails to open solar panels, reportMSV plans extension of current generation satellite servicesU.S. Air Force To Assess Radarsat-2 Capabilities

KVH Industries, Inc., announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (also known as SP-JSAT) to lease satellite capacity on its JCSAT-1B and the new Intelsat-15 satellites.
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