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Launch of the GOES P weather satellite aboard a Delta IV rocket has been postponed to 4/5 March, in order to replace a component in the fuel-delivery system from the pad to the launcher.
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The University of Queensland, Australia, will lead a A$14 million international consortium to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems, flying an autonomous scramjet vehicle at eight times the speed of sound – Mach 8, or 8,600 km/h.
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Two GLONASS-M satellites have been withdrawn from the Russian satellite navigation system, Roskosmos announced.
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ESA’s Mars Express will skim the surface of Mars’ largest moon Phobos on 3 March. Passing by at an altitude of 67 km, precise radio tracking will allow researchers to peer inside the moon.
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EchoStar Satellite Services, L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, and Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. announced an agreement pursuant to which EchoStar will acquire an ownership interest in Satmex.
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DISH Network Corporation and EchoStar Corporation reported financial results for 2009.
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The United Arab Emirates’ Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has awarded Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) a 10-year satellite services licence.
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