Satellite News

Russia’s Ekspress AM4 satellite has (at best) ended up in a lower-than-expected orbit after an apparent failure of the Proton-M rocket’s Briz-M upper stage. At the time of this writing, no details were available regarding the satellite’s status.
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China’s experimental satellite SJ-11-04 [ Shi Jian 11-04], which was launched by a Chang Zheng 2C rocket 18 August, failed to enter the designated orbit due to a malfunction of the rocket, Xinhua reported.
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The first GLONASS-K type navigation satellite, launched from Plesetsk on 28 February, has been successfully undergoing flight and design tests, head of the Russian Space System holding and General Designer of the GLONASS system, Yuri Urlichich, was quoted as saying.
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Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited announced interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2011.
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Hosting a party in your house can be quite a challenge. First, you have to clean and organize everything so you don’t feel embarrassed when your friends arrive, then you have to figure out what kind of food and drinks you’re going to serve, and finally, you have to worry about keeping everyone happily entertained. While it can be difficult and even impossible to control whether or not your friends like your house or what you serve them, you can at least control the fact that they don’t get bored. If you want to make sure everyone is interested and engaged in what’s going on around them, then it’s best to make sure you’ve got a satellite TV subscription.
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