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Rocket: Zenit 3SL/Block DM-SL; Payload: Atlantic Bird 7; Date: 24 September 2011, 2018 UTC; Launch site: Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned on the equator at 154 degrees West longitude in the Pacific Ocean. One hour and seven minutes later, the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.Other Posts:Two more Astra transponders for SogecableSDO arrives at launch siteWe’re doomed… not!Cable InternetGlobecomm-UTStarcom Develop Satellite IP Wireless Network Using PicocellsPrisma launch in NovemberBoeing delivers DirecTV 11 to Sea Launch Home PortEstonia, ESA Sign Cooperation Agreement

NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell back to Earth between 0323 and 0509 UTC on Saturday, 24 September, 20 years and nine days after its launch on a 14-year mission that produced some of the first long-term records of chemicals in the atmosphere. During its last days, it also indirectly produced a media frenzy, a Twitter hoax, dubious sighting reports, even more dubious damage claims and (of course) theories of a U.S. government cover-up.Other Posts:Exmar Shipmanagement Chooses SeaWave IntegratorVisit the World From Your Living Room With Satellite TVMany Shows Are Greatly Improved in High-DefinitionThe Possibility Of Promoting A Cable TV Deal To The InternetFCC approves Orbcomm’s next-generation constellationCOM DEV International Ltd. results Q3 2010Com Dev expands plantNew date for Ariane 5 launch with Yahsat Y1A, New Dawn

The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, is now ready for service following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems.Other Posts:Stratos First Quarter Revenues Climb 21 Percent.Northrop Grumman Corp. (Space Technology) results Q1 2008RapidEye pre-launch detailsAnik F3′s Ka-band doesn’t workEuropean satellite radio delayed againGOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager passes critical design reviewUnete orders LinkStar terminals from ViaSatTalk Talk

Lockheed Martin has completed building the primary structure of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at its Space Systems company facility near Denver. The Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is scheduled to launch in November 2013 and will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.Other Posts:NigComSat 1 press review: ‘insulting,’ ‘nauseating,’ ‘crass stupidity’First operational ATV lifts off to ISS on 200th Ariane flightRadio Paradise With Satellite TVSwift back under controlNorthrop Grumman demos OCX engineering model for GPSChina Satcom businesses to be split between China Telecom and CASCUpdate: TacSat-2 operational after initial troubleAlphasat Satellite Deemed Closer To Realization