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The Ariane 5 launch of Europe’s no. 3 Automated Transfer Vehicle was given the green light for a 23 March lift-off from the Spaceport in French Guiana on a servicing mission to the International Space Station.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced tentative dates for the next two H-II launches from the Tanegashima Space Center.
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Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) satellite Y1B has left the Astrium facilities in Toulouse, France, and was transported by air to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in preparation for its launch by an ILS Proton Briz M vehicle in April 2012.
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Khrunichev’s Ekspress-MD2 communications spacecraft has been delivered to the N.E. Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, for acoustic tests.
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The Board of Directors of Hispasat has unanimously elected Elena Pisonero to be the company’s new chairperson.
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London, UK, March 21, 2012–Broadband and IPTV growth spiked to a high in 2011 with rates higher than at any time in the last five years, according to year-end figures published by the Broadband Forum. Overall, broadband growth is estimated at 65,493,596 lines, bringing the global total to 597,322,636, a quarterly increase of 2.6% – and an annual growth rate of 12.3%. The figures, prepared for the Broadband Forum by broadband industry analysts Point Topic, also highlight the strongest ever quarter of growth in IPTV which is today’s most demandingapplication for high speed broadband.
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