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Ekspress-AT1 payload module structure shipped to France

August 23rd, 2012 by

The payload module structure of the telecommunications spacecraft Ekspress-AT1, manufactured by the Reshetnev Company, was sent to Thales Alenia Space France to accommodate payload instruments.
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Euroconsult: satellite market posts solid growth

August 23rd, 2012 by

Euroconsult’s latest research report, Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2021, revealed that 2011 was a good year for FSS operators, with 4% growth in regular transponder capacity, 33% growth in High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity, and a US$724 million increase for total capacity leasing revenues. Earnings were mostly influenced by increasing capacity demand for video services and rising competition in emerging markets.
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Satellite Market Posts Solid Growth Boosted by Video Services and Emerging Regions

August 23rd, 2012 by

New Euroconsult reports shows 7% capacity leasing revenue growth in 2011

Paris, August 23, 2012- Euroconsult’s latest research report, Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2021, revealed that 2011 was a good year for FSS operators, with 4% growth in regular transponder capacity, 33% growth in High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity, and a $724 million increase for total capacity leasing revenues. Earnings were mostly influenced by increasing capacity demand for video services and rising competition in emerging markets.

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How to Get Tv Channels Without Cable

August 23rd, 2012 by

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Khrunichev completed pre-shipment processing of stage 1 for KSLV-1

August 22nd, 2012 by

The Khrunichev Space Center has completed fabrication and tests of stage 1 for the KSLV-1 (Korea Space Launch Vehicle #1), and processed the flight article for shipment to South Korea.
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NASA’s Curiosity rover begins driving at Bradbury Landing

August 22nd, 2012 by

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury.
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SBSS ready two years after launch

August 22nd, 2012 by

U.S. Air Force Space Command said the new Space Based Surveillance Satellite had achieved its initial level of capability and was ready to support U.S. military requirements nearly two years after the satellite was launched. The delay was linked to problems with a piece of electronics on board.
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China’s hard x-ray modulation telescope further delayed

August 22nd, 2012 by

China will launch several space projects, including a hard X-ray telescope for black hole studies, between 2014 and 2016, according to Su Dingqiang, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former president of the Chinese Astronomical Society.
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