April 4th, 2011 by
Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-21; Date: 4 April 2011, 2218 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The manned transport spacecraft was placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.
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April 4th, 2011 by
Following discussions among the International Space Station partners, NASA has targeted the launch of space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission for 1947 UTC on 29 April. The delay removes a scheduling conflict with a Russian Progress supply vehicle scheduled to launch on 27 April and arrive at the station on 29 April.
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April 4th, 2011 by
An extension contract to develop a more powerful Alphabus was signed in Toulouse, France. The contract, signed by Astrium, Thales Alenia Space, ESA and Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), will qualify Alphabus for the very high-power end of the communication satellite market.
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April 4th, 2011 by
Seven satellite industry companies have agreed to form an industry alliance to increase awareness of the benefits of hosted government payloads on commercial satellites.
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April 4th, 2011 by
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited said it is expanding its broadcasting services to offer a new C-band DVB-S2 MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) distribution platform with wide coverage over the Asian and Australasian regions.
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April 4th, 2011 by
Eutelsat Communications announced a new contract between its Skylogic broadband subsidiary and the French Internet service provider Sat2Way for distribution, from mid-2011, of the Tooway new-generation broadband service on the KA-SAT satellite.
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