Satellite News

Rocket: Delta IV Medium+ (4,2); Payload: GOES-P; Date: 4 March 2010, 2357 UTC; Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Following a nominal four hour, 21-minute flight, the Delta IV deployed the spacecraft.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan IX (YG 9); Date: 5 March 2010, 0455 UTC; Launch Site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. According to Chinese state-run media, the launch was successful.

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), China Asia-Pacific Mobile Communications Satellite Company Limited (APMT) and Laos National Authority for Science and Technology (NAST) under Prime Minister’s Office PDR, recently signed the Contract for Lao Satellite Broadcasting and Telecommunication System Construction (LAOSAT-1).

COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded an authorisation to proceed (ATP) to provide switches, multiplexers and filters for two commercial communications satellites.

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics Corporation’s subsidiary, GD Advanced Information Systems.

SES Astra has taken full ownership of SES Sirius AB by acquiring the remaining 10 percent of the shares from the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC).

Telesat expressed support for the Canadian government’s Throne Speech and Budget commitment to remove foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian satellite operators.

Network systems are part of everything today including media based systems. Learning about problems on the networks is a vital part of keeping these systems running, thus network monitoring systems have become a requirement in broadcasting, Digital Cinema, and satellite distribution. Many network systems today transfer media.
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