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Paradigm, a wholly owned subsidiary of Astrium Services, has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to extend and enhance the Skynet 5 private finance initiative (PFI) programme. This will involve the manufacture, launch, test and operation of a fourth satellite, Skynet 5D, and the extension of the Skynet 5 contract by two years until 2022.
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The European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS) reported financial results for 2009.
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Intelsat S.A. reported results for the three months and year ending 31 December 2009.
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Inmarsat plc reported consolidated financial results for the year ending 31 December 2009.
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Intelsat announced that Qatar Telecom (Qtel) signed a multi-year capacity contract on Intelsat’s recently-launched Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15), located at 85 degrees East.
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