Satellite News

For its second launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit the Arabsat 5A communications satellite for operator Arabsat, and the COMS multi-mission satellite for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). Lift-off of the Ariane 5 ECA 1is scheduled for 23 June 2010 between 2141 and 2245 UTC.

Orbital Sciences Corporation said the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope spacecraft has performed flawlessly over the initial two years of its mission.

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If you’ve been turning into the 2010 World Cup matches this year on ESPN you’ve probably marveled at the excellent quality of the HD picture, the skill of the players and of course that annoyingly consistent buzzing noise in the background. What exactly is making all that racket?
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Aerojet announced that it has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to jointly supply Hayabusa-derived ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets.

General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a seven-year contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) project.

The Council of the European Space Agency announced that Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue as the Director General of ESA for a further period of four years. Mr Dordain has served as Director General of ESA since 2003. This third mandate extends his term to June 2015.

Radio broadcasting is the use of radio technology. The first structured radio broadcast took place in the 1920s and currently there are numerous radio stations broadcasting all over the planet by means of various types of transmission.
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