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This year, the regular price of the Direct TV NFL Sunday ticket package is going to be around $300. With a slumbering economy affecting consumer spending, you might be wondering if the Sunday Ticket is a ripoff, or if it is still a worthwhile value for football fans.

TsSKB Progress said it has begun to design a new light space launch vehicle, Soyuz 1.
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South Korea is considering extending the operational life of Arirang 2 (KOMPSAT 2) multipurpose satellite, Yonhap news agency reported.
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Thales reported financial results for the first half of 2009.
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NSR has released its newest market survey and forecast report, ‘Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 3rd Edition.’
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Rocket: Soyuz U; Payload: Progress M-67 (Progress P34); Date: 24 July 2009, 1056 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The vessel was placed into its targeted preliminary orbit approx. nine minutes after lift-off.
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The Indian government has approved design and development of GSAT-11, an advanced communication satellite, at a total cost INR5 billion (EUR73 million, US$104 million). The spacecraft will be based on ISRO’s new I-4K bus.
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