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The MESSENGER spacecraft emerged unscathed from the second of four “hot seasons” expected to occur during its one-year primary mission in orbit around Mercury. Hours later, mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) successfully executed a manoeuvre to adjust the spacecraft’s trajectory.Other Posts:Satellite TV Service Suits Multitaskers and Laid-Back Viewers AlikeHTV2 launch date setRussia confirms lift of Glonass restrictionsEutelsat Communications results FY2009/2010GeoEye, Inc. results Q2 200814 more GLONASS-M to be launchedGlobecomm Introduces SkyBorne EnterpriseOrbital Sciences Wins SES Americom Deal

Honeywell has won a five-year, US$450 million contract with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to provide Ground Systems and Mission Operations (GSMO) services for the agency’s fleet of scientific research satellites.Other Posts:SkyPort Names Brant CEO And PresidentDelay of the day: GSAT-8, ST-2Proton, not SoyuzVinasat-1 arrives at KourouRockwell Collins Earns Expansions For FAB-T TerminalsEurope’s ATV cleared for lift-offWhy HBO Might Be the Best Network on TelevisionRecently launched pan-African satellite has helium leak

The first Lockheed Martin A2100 commercial communications satellite has achieved its 15-year design life of on-orbit service.Other Posts:How to Get Satellite ServiceSpacecom To Provide Bandwidth To U.S. Department Of DefenseTV3 Now Available on the Ireland’s New SaorView DTT ServiceBoeing, Ball select CCD sensor for SBSS PathfinderBoeing to bid for Ares I instrument unit avionics contractNorsat Receives Order From Global TVEutelsat, SES join forces for European mobile S-band servicesDMSP F-17 Block 5D-3 pre-launch details

Spanish operator Hispasat has chosen Arianespace to launch its new Amazonas-3 telecommunications satellite.
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RSCC Deputy General Director Yevgeny Buidinov said the company plans to launch a replacement satellite for Ekspress AM4, which was lost in a launch failure.
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NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in late September or early October 2011, almost six years after the end of a productive scientific life. Although the spacecraft will break into pieces during re-entry, not all of it will burn up in the atmosphere.
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SES S.A. and Gazprom Space System (GSS) announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide additional satellite capacity to serve the Russian market.
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Intelsat has entered into a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Orion Express LLC, a DTH television services provider in Russia, for standard- and high-definition content.
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