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Arianespace has received the seventh Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, which is scheduled for lift-off on December 9 with the Helios 2B French military reconnaissance satellite.
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Iran has reportedly asked India to launch an Iranian satellite but received no reply.
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China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)and APT Satellite Company Limited Hong Kong have signed the launch services contract of using a Chang Zheng 3B enhanced launch vehicle (CZ-3B/E) to launch the Apstar-7 communications satellite.
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Thales Alenia Space announced that the Palapa-D communications satellite has successfully passed the In Orbit Acceptance Review.
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The case brought against Eutelsat by the NTDTV channel relating to the switch-off of its broadcasts to South-East Asia following the failure that affected the W5 satellite during the night of 16 to 17 June 2008 has been dismissed by the Tribunal de Commerce (commercial court) of Paris.
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exactEarth Ltd., the data services subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. , has established a major component of its ground-based infrastructure through a long-term agreement with Norway’s Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT).
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