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Archive for July 29th, 2009

Orbital Sciences Corp. results Q2 2009

July 29th, 2009 by

Orbital Sciences Corporation reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2009.
Other Posts:

Study Predicts Growth in Commercial Transponder Demand To Hit $8.4 Billion by 2011
LEO collision risk up after Chinese ASAT test
MSV Appoints Vice President Of Enterprise Operations
Boeing submits Ares I upper stage production proposal
Astrium to use India’s PSLV for satellite launches
EC proposes Galileo be paid with unused funds
Sirius’ new radio satellite arrives at Baikonur
Mars gets wet, thanks to SpaceDev

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Integral Systems to report loss in fiscal third quarter of 2009

July 29th, 2009 by

Integral Systems, Inc. has warned that third quarter results are expected to be below management’s expectations.
Other Posts:

Telstra Orders $3.5 Million Iridium-Based Systems from Beam Communications
Planck starts manoeuvre aimed at L2 arrival
GeoEye Receives U.S. Government Awards
Delta IV Heavy to launch NROL-15 spy satellite
Iridium Appoints Campbell As Executive VP
Arianespace Receives Contract For Globalstar Second-Generation Constellation
No, Mars Won’t Look as Big as the Moon in August
India may quit Galileo over security concerns — report

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Virgin Galactic gets petrodollars from Abu Dhabi

July 29th, 2009 by

Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments and Virgin Group announced that they have agreed to enter a strategic partnership, which will see Aabar take an equity stake in the commercial spaceline Virgin Galactic. More important in the context of this newsletter: Virgin Galactic may also launch satellites.
Other Posts:

Galaxy 19 delivered to Sea Launch Home Port
Omid 1 burns up in Earth’s atmosphere
Atlantis gets additional September launch opportunity
FTC gives clearance to United Launch Alliance
Lockheed Martin completes sale of ILS
STSS satellites complete acoustic tests
NASA Taps Telenor, Verso To Modernize Satellite Communications
Space Micro’s Proton100k Computer Reaches Space

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