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The Russian transport cargo vehicle Progress M-14M, after two days in free flight, docked to the International Space Station (ISS).Other Posts:Spacehab Makes Cuts As Space Shuttle Work Winds DownEutelsat, RSCC extend satellite control contractEMC To Supply Service To South African ISPNext shuttle launch on 13 JuneSatellite OptionsPulling Out the Stops With Your Satellite TV ServiceITT Wins FAA’s Air Traffic Modernization ContractLockheed Martin part of IRIS team

The Metop-B weather satellite has now passed its final checks in the clean room at Astrium, Toulouse, and will soon be transported to the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, in readiness for a planned launch in May 2012.Other Posts:Boeing ordered to pay US$237 million in damages to ICOMars Reconnaissance Orbiter nears end of aerobrakingBushnell Adding DigitalGlobe Imagery To GPS DevicesEchoStar, Harbinger invest in TerreStarGenesis I completes 10,000 orbitsDelta II booked for Italy’s third COSMO-SkyMedIDMI to launch DVB S2 broadband platform on NSS-7Russian, Kazakh space agencies clash over delayed W7 launch

“German Satellite Almost Crashed into Beijing” is the sensationalist headline for a not much less sensationalist article published by German news magazine Der Spiegel. Almost? Anything that was left of the x-ray satellite Rosat after it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere last October plunged into the Bay of Bengal, which actually is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean and nowhere near Beijing.Other Posts:Sirius Satellite Radio results Q2 2006Mars Lander lands in FloridaBall Aerospace to ship WISE spacecraftPatent Issued To MSV For Satellite-Terrestrial Communications SystemsInternational Communications Group Picks Spec Ops Inc. As DistributorO3b Networks completes satellite CDR with Thales Alenia SpaceWhat *if* there were less than 24 GPS satellites?ECAPS, Moog and ATK to bring green propulsion to the U.S.

Eutelsat Communications announced that the number of channels broadcasting through its satellites hit the milestone of 4,000 at the end of 2011.Other Posts:SATCOMBw-2a readied for Ariane 5 launchGeoEye cameras delivered but launch delayedWorldspace Stock Hits 52-Week Low Due To Disappointing Subscriber GrowthMeasat-3A shipped to Kazakhstan for Land LaunchRaytheon completes ground segment test for USAF weather agencyJason-2 receives in-flight acceptanceNASA Awards Pratt & Whitney Ares Rocket Development ContractEuropean S-band licenses to be awarded to two bidders–report

ESA’s new Vega rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad. Final preparations are in full swing for the rocket’s inaugural flight from Europe’s Spaceport. The launch window opens on 9 February.Other Posts:Delta II brings Dawn on its way to asteroid beltWhat Are The Capabilities of HDTV To Customers?Showtime Goes On-DemandITT to split into threeChinese Anti-Satellite: Striking CommentsWinners of the SES Astra Innovation Contest announcedMDA Wins Advanced Technology ContractsArianespace to launch satellite for DirecTV Latin America

Ukraine and Russia will carry out two rocket launches under the joint Dnepr space programme, head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine Yuri Alekseyev said.Other Posts:Boeing submits Space Situational Awareness Program bidGeneral Dynamics Awarded Satellite Terminal ContractArabsat 5A, COMS pre-launch detailsChannels Galore With Satellite TelevisionNext attempt to launch Thuraya-3 on 15 JanuaryLaunch date set for STS-118One Landsat 5 transponder lost, one transponder regainedDish Offers – Get The Best Dish Network Deals

Russia may delay the next manned mission to the International Space Station by several weeks owing to problems with the spaceship’s descent vehicle, Interfax news agency quoted an industry source as saying.Other Posts:Lucky Viewers Can Choose Between Satellite TV and CableHDTV Antenna – Why You Should Get OneThings You Need To Know About HD Satellite ReceiversEUMETSAT-NOAA co-operation continues with NPPWISE to jettison instrument coverThe surprise return of KazSat 1The Different Choices of Motorizing a Satellite Dish“Band of Brothers” The Sequel – HBO Rolls Out “The Pacific” For Satellite TV

The launch of a Proton M with SES-4 [ex NSS-14] on board, scheduled for 28 January, is being postponed again for technical reasons.Other Posts:How to Please Everyone at Home With Satellite TV PackagesU.S. Bankruptcy Court confirms Sea Launch plan of reorganisationIntegral Systems results Q3 FY 2006Analyst Doubts AT&T Move for EchoStarOerlikon to sell space business unit to RUAGLawmakers Call For NASA Inspector General’s OusterHarris antenna reflector for Sirius FM-5 deployedRocketdyne to perform risk reduction tests on 3GRB engine