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Vietnam Posts and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) plans to invest between US$290-350 million Vinasat-2, which it anticipates launching by 2012, the state-owned entity says on its website.
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ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair confirmed that the premature failure of India’s Chandrayaan-1 moon probe was not caused by heat alone (as prematurely assumed in some reports) but by a combination of factors.
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With so many satellite TV stores coming up, there has surely been a rise in the sale of satellite TV. There are many reasons why people have started to opt for satellite TV than the traditional cable operators. Of course because of the many added benefits almost at the same price or little more than the existing amount that one pays to a cable operator. And to get the best deal or package one often has to visit the place where the satellite TV is being sold and satellite TV stores is the best place one can actually think of for knowing and purchasing the best deals offered.

If you are asking yourself that question, read this article.. Satellite – or dish TV is not for the faint of heart. It is not for the casual viewer who only puts on the TV during severe bouts of insomnia. It is for the television die-hard. The viewer who believes that television was invented just for him, and that these modern technological advances absolutely mandate a 52″ Plasma in every room.

For anyone who has ever been in a hospital or perhaps visited loved ones in a hospital, nursing or convalescent home, it’s quite obvious that television is just about the only option there to pass the time. Years ago hospital television reception was poor to say the least, and pretty much limited to the usual few local stations the viewer would probably see at home. This alone probably made a patient even sicker than he was!

International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat announced a contract for the launch of the W7 satellite on an ILS Proton. The satellite was previously scheduled to launch aboard a Sea Launch Zenit 3-SL.
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TransCore Teams With Telenor For International Distribution
RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. results Q1 2007
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Proba-2 has reached Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it is being prepared for launch this November. Among the smallest satellites ever built by ESA, it was transported there aboard an Ilyushin cargo plane.
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INSAT-4CR placed in intermediate orbit
SES confirms three new Arianespace launches
Third Meridian launch attempt successful
NASA selects Discovery missions for concept studies
Sirius Satellite Radio Creates Metropolitan Opera Channel
NOAA’s Satellite And Information Service Appoints Leader
Orbital Express resumes unmated operations
Spaceway 3 moved from Zenit 3-SL to Ariane 5

Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communication said the country expects to launch the second satellite in 2012, Vietnam Investment Review reported.
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SES Global Announces results
Hispasat 1E order officially announced
Eagle Broadband Acquires Alliance Maintenance & Services
Arianespace halfway through with 2007 launch manifest