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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. have announced a launch date for the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 (H-IIB F2) with the H-II Transfer Vehicle 2 (HTV2) cargo transporter to the International Space Station onboard.Other Posts:NOAA: Mild Solar Storm Season PredictedGlobalstar, Inc. results Q1 2008Progress M-67 deorbitedHigh Paying Google Adsense KeywordsSMOS team gears up for launch of ESA’s water missionUse of Satellite Technology in BroadcastingGlobalstar Unveils Smaller, Lighter HandsetsNigcomsat-1 to be handed over after IOT completion

NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Taurus II space launch vehicle. Orbital and its engine supplier, Aerojet, test-fired the engine on Stennis’ E-1 test stand.Other Posts:Commercial Satellite Deliveries Help Lockheed Martin Space Post GainsAir Force Discloses GPS 2F DelaysNew Space Alliance CreatedHarris Names President of Civil ProgramsICO selects Alcatel-Lucent and Hughes for alpha trialIkonos still going strong after 10 years in orbitSecond modernised GPS satellite begins serviceNSR: satellite broadband experiences dynamic growth

The Proton M launch vehicle, utilising a five-burn Briz M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the SkyTerra 1 satellite on board on 14 November, 1729 UTC.Other Posts:Get the Best FTA ReceiverSatellite Dish Heaters – A Cold Climate NecessityGLONASS programme to be amendedSpaceX delays RazakSat launchLaunch updatesRussia to close SvobodnyArianespace to launch Hughes’ Jupiter 1OHB Group AG results Q1 2009

ISRO plans to launch its GSAT-5P communication satellite before the end of the year. The first Indian satellite launch in 2011 will likely be that of the Resourcesat-2 Earth observation satellite.Other Posts:Radyne Elects Keiper, Wagner To BoardRadio signals help forecast radiation stormsVietnam Telecom To Build Pair Of Vinasat Operations CentersThales Alenia Space successfully completes O3b Networks PDRCOM DEV International Ltd. results Q1 FY2007Catch a Favorite ‘Friend’ on Satellite TV AgainThe DirecTV Group, Inc. results Q2 2006Astrotech vying for new Vandenberg contract

Sagem (Safran group) has delivered the first prototype sensors to the French Centre d’Etudes Spatiales des Rayonnements (CESR; Radiation Space Research Center) for the Eclairs telescope, the main payload to be carried by the scientific satellite SVOM (Space-based multi-band Variable Object Monitor).Other Posts:Chang’e-2 arrives in moon orbitILS to launch mobile TV satelliteHarris completes Advanced EHF Navy Multiband TerminalHarris gets SGSS subcontractNFL Sunday Ticket – Your Ticket to the Game – No Matter Where You AreBusiness as usual: Angara further delayedTrimble Launches Premium GPS Content Layer for Google EarthRamTelecom, TOG Systems Formalize Partnership

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory expect the Cassini spacecraft will resume normal operations on 24 November. They have traced the steps taken by an onboard computer before Cassini put itself in precautionary “safe mode” last week.Other Posts:ILS boasts of new contractsStill no go for Sea LaunchATK selects avionics contractor for Ares I first stageSecond-last launch in 2009 another success for ArianespaceBall Aerospace completes STPSat-2 pre-shipment reviewESA chooses three scientific missions for further studyGlobalstar get satellites export approvalThe Boeing Company (Integrated Defense Systems) results Q3 2008

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) said it successfully repositioned the UK-DMC-1 spacecraft, which is reaching the end of its operational life, using unspent propellant to reduce the orbital lifetime and the probability of generating space debris.Other Posts:SES Astra starts roll-out of ‘Astra2Connect’ in IrelandGOCE starts delivering data for gravity map of EarthArirang 2 pictures distorted?Catching Warm-Weather Favorites on Satellite TVThe Benefits of a Satellite Television Package Are Unbeatable!Dnepr rocket launches Thailand’s EO satelliteSatellite operators want EU to guarantee space servicesAsia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. results 2006

OHB Group AG reported financial results for the first nine months of 2010.Other Posts:AsiaSat expands EPOCH satellite control systemFinding the Right Satellite TV ProgramingDiscovery’s Ku-band antenna has problems after launchOrbital awarded US$29.5 million contract for ANGELS programmeIntegral Systems acquires QinetiQ’s satID product lineJapan launches third spy satelliteRaytheon to upgrade satellite communication terminalsChoosing Satellite TV