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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. .

The Aerospace Industries Association said it applauds U.S. Congress for moving to end the draconian over-regulation of commercial satellite exports. The fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorisation Act would return authority to the president to determine appropriate export control requirements for commercial satellites and related technologies after years of mandating the imposition of inflexible, military-level controls.

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The Council meeting at Ministerial level this week sees the Polish flag flying for the first time alongside those of ESA’s other Member States after Poland formally became ESA’s 20th Member State on 19 November.

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SES said it has been granted rights to use German Ku-band orbital frequencies at the 28.5 degrees East orbital position effective from 4 October 2013 onwards pursuant to a 2005 agreement with German media service provider, Media Broadcast (“MB”) (as successor to T-Systems Business Services).Other Posts:SkyPort Acquisition Of RAMTelecom Called OffRadyne to buy AeroAstroDelay of the day (I): Ariane 5, Skynet 5C/Turksat 3AUSAF issues RFP for Phase B of GPS OCX contractsUpdate: NOAA deactivates GOES-10 after 12 years of tracking stormsSpace helps Coloradans find free beerChipSats to be tested on MISSE-8Huawei Leads 19 Million Indian Set-Top Box Market with 24% Share
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Eutelsat Communications said it filed a request for arbitration against SES with the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
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Rejecting claims made earlier by a member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), ESA said it never had any option to de-orbit its Envisat spacecraft within 25 years in accordance with current guidelines (which didn’t exist at the time Envisat was launched).
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Eutelsat Communications has made a new appeal to international regulatory authorities to urgently intervene in order to put an end to repeated jamming of satellite signals from Iran.