Satellite News

Orbital Sciences Corporation reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2009.

SES S.A. reported on the financial performance in the three months to 31 March 2009, and confirmed that it had put Astra 5A into graveyard orbit.
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WorldSpace receives approval for satellite radio service in Germany
Update: Universitetsky: victim of U.S. military test or victim of age?
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TerraSAR-X launch comes closer
SkyVision takes Intelsat 601 capacity
EADS results Q1 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation (Space Systems) results Q2 2006
French satellite pay-TV platform to launch on 10 December

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Lockheed Martin Corporation reported first quarter 2009 results.

The Boeing Company reported results for the first quarter of 2009.

Northrop Grumman Corporation reported first quarter 2009 results.

Al Yah Satellite Communications company (Yahsat) announced that it has entered into a partnership with SES Astra to create a new company operating under the brand name YahLive that will offer Direct-to-Home (DTH) television capacity and services to more than two dozen countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asian region.
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Stratos Global Corporation, a provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, announced its acquisition by Inmarsat Finance III Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat plc.
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EMS Technology buys Australian company
Update: Integration of Astra 1M begins at Baikonur
Second Galileo test satellite finally in orbit
Sirius Satellite Radio Creates Metropolitan Opera Channel
Arabsat 2B drifts after brief outage
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. results Q3 2006
Northrop Grumman completes LCROSS thermal vacuum testing
Today’s Space Weather

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Following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 8 April in Evry, France, Arianespace announced 2008 sales of EUR955.7 million, with net income of EUR2.5 million.