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RSC Energia head Vitaly Lopota rejected the idea of establishing an engine holding company in the domestic space industry, as “this proposal would completely eliminate the competitive environment in the country.”

Sagem (Safran group), Thales and Sofradir have signed an agreement for Sofradir to acquire Sagem and Thales’ infrared (IR) detector technology development and manufacturing facilities. Sagem and Thales bring to Sofradir IR technologies originally developed for their internal purposes.

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Hong Kong-based network and satellite communications service provider SpeedCast Ltd, together with its majority shareholder, private equity firm TA Associates, has completed a buyout of Australian Satellite Communications Pty Ltd (ASC).

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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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The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorised two transactions aggregating US$461 million to underwrite the export of American-made satellites to Hong Kong.

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State-owned Russian Satellite Communications Company(RSCC) and OSAO Ingosstrakh have signed an insurance contract for seven Ekspress-series satellites for a total of RUB5.334 billion (US$168 million).Other Posts:Japan likely to scrap moon probeRussian military (navigation?) satellite launchedRT Logic to develop new software-defined modem for IridiumWhen Choosing the Best TV Provider, Customer Service is ImportantBall Aerospace develops flight computers for new launch vehiclesKorean rocket’s failure not Khrunichev’s fault, Russia saysSpaceX’s Dragon to use solar power4th Boeing-built WGS satellite accepted by U.S. Air Force
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