Satellite News

On 22 December 2011, with the successful launch of the Ziyuan-02C [a.k.a. Zi Yuan 1-02C] satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China completed all of its launch activities in the year 2011. During this year, China conducted 19 launches in total, including nine GTO missions and 10 LEO missions.
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NASA’s twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit.
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The launch of six Globalstar-2 satellites aboard a Soyuz 2-1a from Baikonur is to go ahead as scheduled on 28 December despite the recent failure of a Soyuz 2-1b.
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Orbcomm Inc. announced that LuxSpace Sarl, an affiliate of OHB System AG, has confirmed that construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat2 AIS satellite has been successfully completed.
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China’s Beidou satellite navigation system launched a limited positioning service on 27 December, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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It might seem like a business paradox – we watch television to distract us, so how can it possibly be good for business? Well, surprisingly, many businesses in a variety of industries have found that office TV packages have actually made their employees more productive and their customer’s happier.
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