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Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian affiliate of Eutelsat Communications announced that they have concluded a 15-year contract with Hughes Network Systems do Brasil (Hughes), an EchoStar company, for the entire Ka-band capacity connected to the Brazilian service area on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite.

Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian affiliate of Eutelsat Communications announced that they have concluded a 15-year contract with Hughes Network Systems do Brasil (Hughes), an EchoStar company, for the entire Ka-band capacity connected to the Brazilian service area on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite.

Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian affiliate of Eutelsat Communications announced that they have concluded a 15-year contract with Hughes Network Systems do Brasil (Hughes), an EchoStar company, for the entire Ka-band capacity connected to the Brazilian service area on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite.

According to satellite maker Orbital Sciences Corp., the capacity of the recently launched Amazonas 4A will likely be permanently reduced owing to a power subsystem failure detected during in-orbit testing. The company does not expect a similar failure to occur aboard other satellites.

Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the first quarter 2014.

The third Vega has completed its build-up at the spaceport in French Guiana, allowing final checkout to begin ahead of this lightweight launcher’s mission with the DZZ-HR Earth observation satellite scheduled for 28 April.

The Dragon supply ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday morning for its third commercial resupply mission to the orbiting lab.

Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1; Payload: Dragon; Date: 18 April 2014, 1925 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The launch of the third SpaceX commercial resupply services mission (CRS-3) sent the Dragon space freighter on a course to rendezvous with the station on Sunday, 20 April.