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Russia postponed the launch of a Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS-M communication satellites Thursday due to technical reasons, Roskosmos said.
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ViaSat Inc. has announced that ViaSat-1, the highest capacity satellite in the world, is now positioned in geosynchronous orbit where it will begin in-orbit testing. Since launching on 19 October, ViaSat-1 has successfully completed all scheduled manoeuvres:
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The U.S. Air Force said it has successfully completed initial on-orbit testing for the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload.
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GMV has been awarded a EUR3 million contract to provide the control centre of the new Spanish satellite Paz, due for launch at the end of next year.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation said it was the industrial partner to three of five finalists for the next round of NASA’s small space science missions.
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The Deputy Head of the Industry and Research Institute of the Iranian Defense Ministry, Mohammad Eslami, said Iran would launch the Toloo (“Dawn”; sometimes also transcribed Tolou) imaging satellite into space next year.
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Eutelsat Communications reported revenues for the first quarter ending 30 September 2011.
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It is important for us to evaluate the performance of our cable TV. Why is it necessary that evaluation is needed for cable television providers? There were some customers who filed their complaints against a cable service provider due to their poor customer service. Not only they were relying on the customer service itself, but also on the packages they were selling. Some cable or satellite television packages were cheaper, but others are expensive.
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