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Arianespace’s fourth heavy-lift flight of 2011 has been authorised for its 5 August lift-off following today’s launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Flight controllers initially halted the release of an amateur radio satellite outside the International Space Station by a pair of spacewalking astronauts because one antenna appeared to be missing. Although this was later confirmed, the satellite – called ARISSat-1 or Radioskav-V – was released nonetheless.
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GeoEye, Inc. announced results for its fiscal second quarter ending 30 June 2011.
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Avanti announced a new and additional agreement with Hughes Network Systems Ltd.
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LightSquared announced that it has successfully transitioned approximately 50,000 public safety and enterprise customers from its MSAT satellites to LightSquared’s new SkyTerra 1 satellite.
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