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Sea Launch Company has successfully completed its Chapter 11 reorganisation process, effective 27 October 2010. As part of the court-approved Plan of Reorganisation, Energia Overseas Limited (EOL), a Russian corporation, will have acquired a majority ownership of the reorganised Sea Launch entity.Other Posts:Head of Taiwan’s space agency detained over illegal spendingU.S. Air Force announces arrival of first GPS IIF satellite on stationDataPath acquires SWE-DISH Satellite Systems ABMicrospace Partners with Vista Satellite CommunicationsAriane successfully launches Herschel and PlanckUK Space Agency to launch Britain’s first CubeSatVodacom, Naspers Form Satellite TV Joint VentureThe Real Reason Satellite TV Rocks

Lockheed Martin has completed Intersegment System Testing (IST) of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite at the company’s facilities in Sunnyvale, California.Other Posts:EchoStar results Q3 2006Loral files Form 10-K, regains NASDAQ complianceFirst JWST mirror segment to undergo cryogenic testsAnaren beamforming for next-gen GlobalstarsCanal Satellite Reunion on Eutelsat W2Choosing the Right Cable TV Provider For New CustomersSkyterra Announces Deal To Increase Ownership Of MSVSea Launch receives Zenit-3SL hardware for next launches

U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center officials released a request for proposal announcement for the next phase of a programme that will revamp the way space objects and debris are identified and tracked.Other Posts:Two GLONASS satellites removed from constellationLockheed Martin Team Completes Space Radar ReviewNorthrop Grumman delivers third NPP instrumentITT navigation payload for GPS III passes CDRThe Big Switch – Jumping From Cable to Satellite TVESA’s SMOS water mission goes liveAstrium plans vehicle for space touristsCarmel Group Recommends Against Sirius-XM Merger

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-08M (Progress 40P); Date: 27 October 2010, 1312 UTC. The cargo vessel started its autonomous three-day flight to the International Space Station some nine minutes later.Other Posts:Boeings Severs ConnexionEutelsat Communications results Q3 FY2006-2007Eutelsat W2 in safe mode; two replacement satellites en routeGerman Company To Develop Core Of Satellite Radio System For OndasVizada Unveils Improved SkyFile VideoCCTV renews contract for PAS capacityMore DVB-SH testingSatellite TV, Why is it the Better Choice?

GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GeoEye, Inc., has signed a procurement contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, an operating unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, to complete the development and construction of the GeoEye-2 satellite and the associated command and control system.Other Posts:AsiaSat 7 to fly on ILS ProtonTooway lands in IrelandSES consolidates U.S. Government businessTooway to launch in France, Spain, BulgariaBurning ship could delay China’s trip to the moonNSR analyses hosted payloads on commercial satellitesUpdate: Do the bump!ORS-1 sensor payload integrated

Astrium and JSC NC Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS), the national company charged with the development of Kazakhstan’s space programme, have signed a contract for a Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) Centre in Astana.Other Posts:Starsys To Provide Ground Link Antenna Pointing System for GeoEye-1 ProgramTalia contracts multiple transponders on NSS-12Delay of the day: GPS IIF-1Digital Aerial Installers – Finding the BestNew GPS satellite has problems with some signalsNew tentative launch date for STS-122, ColumbusFrost & Sullivan Analyzes Asian Pacific VSAT MarketsWorldSpace, Inc. voluntarily files for bankruptcy protection

NASA’s EPOXI mission continues to close in on its target, comet Hartley 2, at a rate of 12.5 kilometers per second. On 4 November at about 1401 UTC the spacecraft will make its closest approach to the comet at a distance of about 700 kilometers.Other Posts:Sirius + XM = Sirius XMLockheed Martin, Thales Alenia Space to co-operate on radar satellitesLearning Through Satellite TelevisionSpaceDev Conducts Hot-Fire Test Of Upper Stage Rocket MotorGlobalstar builds satellite tracking station in Southern AfricaThird German radar satellite in orbitTelespazio wins Gokturk contractSatellite M2M market estimated at US$1.9 billion in 2016

Northrop Grumman Corporation reported financial results for the third quarter 2010.Other Posts:NASA Awards Launch Services Contract to SpaceXDatapath Wins Army Contract For Joint Network Node ProgramNorthrop Grumman Elects Bush President, COO1worldspace results Q2 2008NROL-28 pre-launch ‘details’GOES-P healthy after launchAstra 3B, ComsatBw-2 pre-launch detailsMars rover Spirit may never be heard from again