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Archive for January 9th, 2013

Arianespace plans 12 missions this year

January 9th, 2013 by

Arianespace is targeting a total of 12 missions with Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega in 2013. This was the main message of Arianespace Chairman & CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall during the company’s traditional New Year’s kickoff press conference.

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Yamal-402 satellite operational after rescue mission

January 9th, 2013 by

Thales Alenia Space announced that the Yamal-402 communications satellite has successfully passed the In Orbit Acceptance Review.

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MDA awarded C$706 million contract to build three radar satellites

January 9th, 2013 by

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced the signing of a US$706 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency to build, launch and provide initial operations for the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM).

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Ball Aerospace completes successful Critical Design Review for JPSS-1

January 9th, 2013 by

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. recently successfully completed the delta Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft.

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GenCorp receives modification to FTC’s second request

January 9th, 2013 by

GenCorp Inc. announced that it has received a modification to the request for additional information (“Second Request”) from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in connection with the company’s proposed acquisition of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne from United Technologies Corporation.

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GeoEye and DigitalGlobe receive antitrust clearance

January 9th, 2013 by

GeoEye, Inc. announced that it has received antitrust clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with its pending combination with DigitalGlobe, Inc. .

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Globecast renews capacity deal with SES in the Americas

January 9th, 2013 by

SES and GlobeCast announced they have renewed their agreement for use of transponders on SES’ NSS-806 and AMC-1 satellites.

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