Satellite News

Arianespace has scheduled the launch of Eutelsat W3B aboard an Ariane 5 for August/September 2010.
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The U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon Company for an initial contract of US$886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites.
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NASA and the Italian Space Agency announced a new use for an existing Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) known as “Leonardo.” It will be transformed into a Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) for the International Space Station.
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Sirius XM Radio announced full year 2009 results.
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International research and analyst firm Euroconsult announced that world-wide government expenditures for space programmes grew by 10 percent in 2009 over 2008, reaching an historical peak of US$68 billion.
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The U.S. Air Force’s Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B8 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin , has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service.
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