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Koreasat-6 satellite prime contractor Thales Alenia Space announced that it has shipped the payload to Orbital Sciences Corporation for final integration aboard their STAR-2 platform.
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Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems is currently conducting development tests of the onboard control subsystem designed for the new-generation navigation spacecraft GLONASS-K.
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SES S.A., Intelsat, Ltd., and Inmarsat plc announced that they have founded the Space Data Association Ltd. (SDA), a non-profit company established in the Isle of Man that is the first satellite operator-led association dedicated to sharing critical operational data in support of satellite operations, improving flight safety and preserving the space environment.
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Alcatel-Lucent, Solaris Mobile and towerCast announced the first satellite broadcast infrastructure to demonstrate the potential services of mobile TV, digital radio and data using digital video broadcasting satellite service to handhelds (DVB-SH) standard to be deployed in Paris and surrounding suburbs.
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Preparations are moving forward at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan for the fourth Land Launch mission, the first of a satellite for Intelsat, Ltd.
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The Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft completed its fifth and final deep-space manoeuvre of the mission, providing the expected velocity change needed to place the spacecraft on course to enter into orbit about Mercury in March 2011.
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Bangladesh plans to launch a satellite for the development of the country’s telecommunications services, Post and Telecommunications Minister Raziuddin Ahmed Raju said.
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SES World Skies announced Astel has tapped its NSS-6 satellite to deliver the first high-speed mobile broadband and phone services to train passengers travelling the busiest commuter rail in Kazakhstan.
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