October 7th, 2011 by
Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/E; Payload: Eutelsat W3C; Date: 7 October 2011, 0820 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The 5,400-kg spacecraft was deployed about 25 minutes after lift-off.
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October 7th, 2011 by
Russian Space Agency head Vladimir Popovkin said that an inspection has found no flaws in a batch of rocket engines similar to the one that has caused a crash of Progress 12M on 24 August.
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October 7th, 2011 by
Telesat confirmed that, following a technical anomaly that occurred on its Anik F2 satellite on 6 October, customer services on Anik F2 were restored late last evening and over night.
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October 6th, 2011 by
A Zenith-3SLB/Block DM-SLB successfully put the Intelsat 18 telecommunications spacecraft into its targeted geosynchronous transfer orbit. The spacecraft separated from the upper stage at 0334 UTC.
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October 6th, 2011 by
ViaSat Inc. has announced that the launch of the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite is scheduled for 19 October at 1848 UTC. The satellite will be launched from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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October 6th, 2011 by
Today at approximately 1036 UTC Telesat’s Anik F2 satellite experienced a technical anomaly that resulted in loss of satellite services to its customers.
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October 6th, 2011 by
Thales Alenia Space has rejected Globalstar’s order of six new satellites, the latter said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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October 6th, 2011 by
LASACO Assurance Plc, Nigeria, and 23 other insurance companies are to participate in the insurance of the NigComSat 1R satellite due to be launched by the end of the year.
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