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Integral Systems, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SAT Corporation, has been awarded a contract by O3b Networks Limited. Under the terms of the contract, SAT Corporation will provide its Monics Satellite Interference monitoring and detection system.Other Posts:MTG programme receives full approvalOrbcomm Inc. results Q2 2008Siemens Supplies IPTV Turnkey To Croatian T-ComLCROSS suffers anomalyFalcon 9 carried small satellite, big cheeseStratos To Distribute Thrane & Thrane ProductsSTS-125 and 126 moved backDish TV Dishes it Out

The first Milstar II military communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service.Other Posts:Satellite TV Cost – Important Things to KnowINSAT-4CR placed in intermediate orbitGMV to support Brasilsat B1-B4 satellitesItaly’s FASTWEB to resell Tooway services in ItalyGilat deal runs into trouble; company reports Q2 2008 resultsDMSP satellite operated in first-ever gyroless controlMSV Signs Launch Deals With ILS, Sea LaunchBT to manage HYLAS traffic for Avanti

SES Astra said it has extended its technical reach across Europe, and now serves 135 million TV homes in Europe and North Africa via its satellite fleet. This is more than half of all TV households in the regions.Other Posts:Northrop Grumman announces organisation and leadership changesFirst Delta IV lifts off from VandenbergNew Horizon temporarily in safe modeWatch Your Favourite TV Shows Online All in One PlaceMeteosat Third Generation: no more spinnersSports Exclusives With SatelliteMake TV Time a Learning Time With Direct Dish TVAriane 5 cleared for launch of JCSAT-12, Optus-D3

United Launch Alliance (ULA) and XCOR Aerospace announced successful hot-fire demonstrations of a lower-mass, lower-cost approach to liquid-fuelled rocket-engine vacuum nozzles. The new nozzle technology, which uses aluminium alloys and new manufacturing techniques, is projected to be less costly and lower in mass compared to nozzles in use today in typical large upper-stage rocket engine systems.
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NASA opened a new Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
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After a safe mode event that lasted 144 hours, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft returned to science data collection at 0745 UTC on 20 March.
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Decisions on the future of the European space sector were made at ESA’s Council meeting in Paris on 16 and 17 March.
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A new low data rate tracking, monitoring and messaging service called IsatData Pro has been developed by Inmarsat and its partner Skywave Mobile Communications.
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