Satellite News

NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery’s launch for no earlier than 17 December.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it shipped a communications satellite, designed and built for Hispasat Group, to the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled to launch next month aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
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COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded contracts to provide switches and other microwave filters and components for the fifth satellite in a North American military communications programme.
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NASA selected the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to provide advanced guidance, navigation and control system development and avionics technology development and analysis at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The new contract is valued at US$45.8 million.
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Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), parent company of XM Canada, and Sirius Canada Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine the companies in an all-stock merger of equals with a combined enterprise value of approximately C$520 million, which includes long-term debt of approximately C$130 million.
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SES World Skies announced VimpelCom has signed a capacity deal to meet the growing need for business communications capabilities throughout Russia.
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