Satellite News

Rocket: Zenit-3SL; Payload: Eutelsat 70B [f.k.a. Eutelsat W5]; Date: 3 December 2012, 2144 UTC; Launch site: Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned on the equator at 154 degrees West longitude in the Pacific Ocean. One hour and six minutes after lift-off, the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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South Korea has reportedly pushed back the launch of its KSLV-1 rocket to next year.

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Raytheon UK has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence for delivery of a new GPS Anti-Jam Antenna System.

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The total cost of the AzerSpace-1 project is about US$230 million, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov told journalists.

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GeoEye, Inc. announced that its shareholders have approved the proposal to combine GeoEye with DigitalGlobe.

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