Satellite News

Landsat 5 is back under control and restarted imaging on 14 August, one day after it lost attitude for yet unknown reasons.
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Northrop Grumman CERES sensor delivered
Datapath Names Helfgott President, COO
DLR, Astrium sign TanDEM-X contract
China Uses C-COM Systems to Monitor Land Use
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter resumes science observations
Globecomm announces new contracts
China launches Nigeria’s first communication satellite
Integral Systems To Upgrade GOES Ground System

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company announced employment reductions aimed at improving its competitive posture.
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Yahsat secures US$1.2 billion financing
ESA Gives CryoSat Update
Abertis Considering Acquisition Of Stake In Hispasat
Satellite TV For Sports Fans
Sirius Canada Partners With Canadian Automobile Association
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reaches planned flight path
EchoStar unveils ViP-TV
Bermudan government optimistic over satellite slot

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved GHL Acquisition Corp.’s purchase of Iridium Holdings LLC.
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Astrium-built Hotbird 10 satellite for Eutelsat ready for service
China to launch first natural disaster monitoring satellite
Cluster Spacecraft Catch a Magnetic Reconnection
U.S., British Governments To Develop Comprehensive Satellite View of Antarctica
Spaceconnection to market Measat-3 capacity in North America
Military finds NLZSAT capacity too expensive, report
France Telecom Sells Mobile Satellite Communications Unit
ILS establishes Failure Review Oversight Board for JCSAT-11 mission

PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation Tbk. (Indosat) has inaugurated its Palapa satellites building, which will act as the Earth station for the Palapa D satellite.
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Satellite TV Remains Popular In Saudi Arabia
WGS launch date set; lunar mission delayed
Loral Skynet announces cellular backhaul service with Comtech EF Data
Alliant Techsystems (Launch Systems) results FY2007
Ball Aerospace completes environmental testing for WorldView-2
NASA extends Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s CECE contract
Sea Launch to try Thuraya-3 launch again
Siberian shepherd to receive damages for rocket debris incident

Integral Systems, Inc. announced that it has appointed Major General (Ret.) H. Marshal Ward, USAF as Chief Operating Officer. General Ward will assume this newly created position on 31 August 2009.
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U.S. satellite radio monopoly formally approved
SBIRS GEO-1 testing continues
Chinese breeding satellite lands safely
Lockheed Martin To Conduct GPS 3 System Design Review
Eutelsat Communications results FY 2005-2006
Thuraya 3 still waiting for better weather
Vinasat-1 arrives at Kourou
GMV to support Brasilsat B1-B4 satellites

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SpaceX conducts static test firing of next Falcon 1 rocket
Update: DMSP-F18 launch pushed to next year
Phoenix finishes mission, falls silent
Galileo signal reflections used for monitoring waves and weather at sea
Satellite TV Remains Popular In Saudi Arabia
Roskosmos, Arianespace discuss Soyuz communications policies
Northrop Grumman delivers second AEHF payload module
Boeing to Build Fourth WGS For U.S. Air Force

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Aerojet tests controllable solid propulsion
ECO sensor problems continue, delay Atlantis launch
RRSat selects Scopus platforms for video over IP projects
SpaceDev gets contract from former chairman
GlobeCast Gets Internet TV Boost
Inmarsat Awards Thrane & Thrane Contract For Control Stations
Universitetsky: victim of U.S. military test or victim of age?
NASA Broadcasts First HDTV Program From Space

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Next Ariane 5 launch rescheduled
No more insurance money for XM’s first two satellites
DigitalGlobe Confirms WorldView 2 Plans
Chunghwa Telecom, Singapore Telecom still in talks about ST-2
WorldSpace Launches New Internet Radio Service
Lockheed Martin completes acoustic test of first AEHF satellite
KSC reopens after the passage of Ernesto
U.S. taxpayer group publishes database on spending for military satellites