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The Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications met today and unanimously decided to propose to shareholders at the General Assembly of 8 November 2011 to nominate Jean-Martin Folz as a Board member. If elected, Jean-Martin Folz will be appointed by the Board as Chairman to succeed Giuliano Berretta.Other Posts:RSCC has six satellites in the pipelineLavochkin denies Fobos-Grunt delayThird German radar satellite in orbitStar One C1 arrives at KourouDon’t Miss a Moment With Satellite TV HD DVRIntelsat to test Internet routing in space for the U.S. militaryOrbital Express resumes unmated operationsAsiaSat 5 completes reference performance testing

The Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications met today and unanimously decided to propose to shareholders at the General Assembly of 8 November 2011 to nominate Jean-Martin Folz as a Board member. If elected, Jean-Martin Folz will be appointed by the Board as Chairman to succeed Giuliano Berretta.
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The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for the PSLV-C18/Megha-Tropiques mission, which met on 9 October 2011 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre(SDSC) – SHAR, Sriharikota has cleared the launch of PSLV-C18 at 0530 UTC on 12 October 2011.

The Northrop Grumman Corporation -led engineering team building the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) spacecraft continues to take delivery of key hardware, making significant progress on satellite fabrication several months ahead of schedule.

Sofradir, a developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors, announced that it has been awarded a multi-million euro contract to manufacture Infrared (IR) detectors for the engineering and flight model phases for the MUSIS/CSO next generation Earth observation military satellites. These satellites will replace the current Helios 2 observational system.

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Preparations continue for Soyuz’ maiden flight from French Guiana on 20 October. The mission’s two Galileo navigation satellites have been integrated on the dispenser system that will deploy them during the mission, while the basic three-stage Soyuz launcher is undergoing final testing and checkout, and final validations of the launch pad are being completed.Other Posts:Chandrayaan-1 officially declared lostYour TV Choice Should Be Satellite TVFive years ago: the fall of NOAA-N PrimeAstra2Connect expands to France, ItalyGLONASS: just no cuts or even more money?Viaccess Names New CEOIridium announces 2006 results, new satellitesSatellite TV and Some of the Expensive Alternatives

The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System has turned on initial power to the programme’s pathfinder spacecraft, known as the GPS III Non Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST).Other Posts:Proton grounded as Ekspress AM4 rescue attempts continueFrom Sports to Movies and Beyond, Satellite Has it AllRosetta lined up for critical Mars swingbySich-2 satellite launch postponed again10 year anniversary of first Dnepr launchNational Geographic To Reach France Via GlobecastHoneywell’s SERDES selected for International Space StationOS/COMET now with capability for remote access