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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3A; Payload: Fengyun 2F (FY 2F); Date: 13 January 2012, 0056 UTC; Launch Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The weather satellite was successfully placed in a geostationary transfer orbit 24 minutes after lift-off.Other Posts:GenCorp (Aerospace and Defense) results Q3 FY 2006Shuttle undocks from ISSTed Gavrilis Retires, Marshall Byrd Heads Lockheed Martin Commercial Space SystemsAre They Lying to Me? Applied Psychology and Satellite TVBoeing completes successful FAB-T Preliminary Design ReviewSwedish, French satellites lofted by Dnepr rocketMaking That Decision Between Satellite TV and Cable ServiceDelay of the day: I-4 F3

An international campaign to assess the imminent atmospheric reentry of Russia’s Fobos-Grunt Mars craft is being coordinated by experts in ESA’s Space Debris Office. Participants include NASA and Roskosmos as part of the 12-member Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee. Most predictions expect the reentry to occur late on 15 or early on 16 January (UTC).Other Posts:Telenor Expands Equipment, Services For GSA ContractWunderkind MikeArianespace again posts small profitGPS next-generation design reviews, programme demosAir Force Orders Fifth Wideband Gapfiller SatelliteThe Affordability and No-Hassle Installation Process of Satellite TVBoeing gets the green light for construction of sixth WGS satelliteDiscovery starts ambitious mission to the ISS

Spanish infrastructure company abertis has completed a process of accelerated placing with qualified investors a 16% stake of Eutelsat, where abertis controlled up to now a 31.3% stake.Other Posts:Satellite Digital TV ServiceViaSat To Provide Blue Force Tracking Network UpgradesMars Science Laboratory flown to FloridaWildBlue Adds Vice President Of Sales And MarketsERS-2 environment satellite to be de-orbitedRussia can’t help itSpecial Features of Satellite TV Make It Stand OutAstrium investigates automatic landing at the Moon’s south pole

COM DEV International Ltd. announced fourth quarter and year end financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended 31 October 2011.Other Posts:Lockheed Martin Gets $6 Million To Add GPS SignalWorld Teleport Association Ranks Year’s Top OperatorsRockets for first Galileo launches shipped to KourouCapRock to launch custom satellite network for YahsatSSTL delivers GPS receivers for Orbcomm’s new OG2 satellitesDigital satellite TV reception grows in GermanyDirecTV Signs Deal With Audience Measurement ServiceEutelsat’s Eurobird 4 to help out at 75 degrees East

O3b Networks announced that the company has entered into partnerships with a series of vendors. General Dynamics’ SATCOM Technologies, Comtech EF Data Corporation and Gilat Satellite Networks along with previously announced partner ViaSat will provide customer access systems for use on the O3b network capable of delivering throughputs from 1 Mbps to 1 Gbps.Other Posts:Satellite TV overtakes cable (in Europe and North Africa)Thales Alenia Space: From ‘exceptional’ to ‘solid’ in two yearsTwo new satellites placed in GLONASS constellationAerojet’s xenon ion thruster exceeds 30,000 hours of operationUpdate: Astra 5A declared total loss after anomalyIntelsat in joint venture to launch dedicated African satelliteComtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $1.9 Million OrderScientists: NPP instrument unsuitable for climate science

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced an agreement with SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. for capacity on the Africasat-1 satellite across the African region.Other Posts:Ekspress MD1 put into operation within RSCC’s constellationTCS Receives WWSS OrderIntegral Systems Europe to provide Vinasat measurement equipmentLoan agreement for Azerspace to be signedProgress cargo vessel docks with ISSOrbital Launches Minotaur To Place TacSat-2 Into OrbitRT Logic Rolls Out Rugged ModemEMS Technology buys Australian company

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$238 million contract for production of the third and fourth satellites in the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation, known as GPS III.Other Posts:WorldSpace to terminate Indian service on 31 DecemberGeoEye orders new imaging satellite from Lockheed MartinGeneral Dynamics to support AIRSS programmeCommercial spy satellite delivered to launch siteNilesat takes five Eutelsat transpondersNew date for Ariane 5 launch with Yahsat Y1A, New DawnMultilingual Television Viewing From Satellite TVBBC’s TV Coverage of Glastonbury 2011 Shines Again, Unlike the Weather

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft successfully refined its flight path with the biggest manoeuvre planned for the mission’s journey between Earth and Mars. The manoeuvre aligned the spacecraft’s trajectory with its landing target.Other Posts:Advantech Satellite Networks Names Sales DirectorWavestream Appoints New Executive Vice President of Engineering and TechnologyBoeing recommends hosted payloads for MILSATCOMSpace shuttle Discovery concludes STS-119 missionThaicom reports 22 new contractsLatest U.S. spy satellite ‘comprehensive failure’ — reportDirecTV results Q1 2007Update: Zenit 3SLB lifts off with Intelsat 18