Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat; Payload: Meridian 4 (Meridian No. 14L); Date: 3 May 2011, 1741 UTC. A Russian Space Forces official said that a communication link with Meridian 4 had been established, and the satellite’s on-board systems were operating without glitches.
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Technicians at the NASA Shuttle Logistic Depot in Cape Canaveral continued additional testing on a faulty power distribution box, called a Load Control Assembly 2 (LCA-2).
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NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars’ interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on one of Saturn’s moons; or study in unprecedented detail the surface of a comet’s nucleus.
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ATK reported operating results for Fiscal Year 2011, which ended 31 March 2011.
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Telesat Holdings Inc. (Telesat) announced its financial results for the three month period ended 31 March 2011.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reported financial results for the quarter ending 31 March 2011.
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