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Eutelsat Communications SA said it’s “premature” to speculate on a potential problem related to the S-band capacity of Eutelsat W2A, and that it expects to receive insurance payment for Eutelsat W2M soon.

Solaris Mobile, the joint venture set up by Eutelsat and SES Astra, announced that in the course of carrying out tests on its S-band satellite capacity aboard Eutelsat W2A, an anomaly has been detected in its performance.

South Korean officials said that the Unha-2 rocket recently launched by North Korea did follow a trajectory that was consistent with a satellite launch. Their version of what happened is also slightly different from what has been suspected so far.
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Does history repeat itself? Again, North Korea claims to have successfully launched a satellite that apparently nobody else is able to see or hear.
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Tracking data indicates that control has been regained over the failed Astra 5A satellite (formerly known as Sirius 2).
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China has promised to replace the failed Nigerian telecommunications satellite Nigcomsat-1 free of charge after it failed after about 18 months in orbit, the China Daily said.
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On 19 June 2008, Orbcomm launched its Coast Guard demonstration satellite and five quick-launch satellites. Amidst ongoing troubles with these spacecraft, one of the satellites is now even expected to be a total loss.

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after launch aboard a Taurus XL from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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