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Goodrich Corporation : announced that the ORS-1 satellite has celebrated its first anniversary in space. ORS-1, the first Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) satellite specifically designed to support combatant command operations, was launched from Wallops Island Flight Facility aboard a Minotaur I launch vehicle on 29 June 2011.Other Posts:Bad weather, technical issues could affect shuttle launchVenezuela to order EO satellite from ChinaESA, Inmarsat agree on AlphaSatUpdate: Proton M/Briz M lifts off with Badr 4Globecomm Introduces Mobile Network For Low-Density MarketsIridium Satellite LLC results Q3 2008Boeing to add new technology to GPS IIF ground segmentSBSS payload integration and testing to start

It’s very simple, satellite TV is an industry that provides cable channels over a stand-alone system known as (DBS) Direct Broadcast Satellite. This system works anywhere in the United States as long as there is a clear view of the southern sky. The system is independent and doesn’t rely on other components around the home other than electricity.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that the EchoStar XVII satellite, designed and built for Hughes Network Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, is successfully performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd said the launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, was scheduled for 22 July by a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Following the launch by Proton on 24 April 2012, the Y1B satellite has been handed over to Yahsat on 3 June 2012 after the successful completion of in-orbit testing conducted from the Yahsat control centre in Abu Dhabi (UAE).