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Scottsdale, Ariz., March 19, 2012–TV programs have come to the Internet, and the Internet has gone to mobile devices. Now the Internet is coming  research forecasts that 100 million households will actively use a hybrid service delivered to their TV set by 2016.
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North Korea said it will launch an Earth observation satellite next month. An Unha-3 rocket carrying Kwangmyongsong-3 will blast off from its satellite launching station in North Pyongan Province between 12 and 16 April, the Korean Committee for Space Technology said in Pyongyang.
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Arianespace’s Ariane 5 with its Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) payload is complete once again after reinstallation of the launcher’s payload fairing this week at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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The planned launch of NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission has been postponed after a 15 March launch status meeting. The launch will be rescheduled to allow additional time to confirm the flight software used by the launch vehicle’s flight computer will issue commands to the rocket as intended.
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Russia plans to deorbit the Ekspress AM4 telecommunications satellite next week. The spacecraft was stranded in a useless orbit last August owing to a failure of its launcher’s upper stage.
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United Technologies Corp. announced that it will sell its Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne rocket engine as well as other businesses to help finance its purchase of aerospace supplier Goodrich Corp.
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The Management Board of OHB AG presented the audited 2011 consolidated financial statements.
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