Satellite News

U.S. President Obama is directing the National Security Council and the National Economic Council to undertake a comprehensive review of the U.S. export control system, which include restrictions on the export of U.S. commercial communications satellites.

The U.S. has allowed ISRO to launch two Algerian satellites having U.S. components using an Indian launch vehicle following a Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that was recently signed by the two countries.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted the Government’s offer to transfer 100 percent of the federally-owned shares of the Voronezh-based open joint stock company “Konstruktorskoe Buro Khimavtomatiky” (OSC KBKhA) to the state-run research and production Khrunichev Space Center (KhSC).
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Intelsat demands a formal commitment from bankrupt Sea Launch before it makes payments for planned launches, Spaceflight Now reports.

ProtoStar Ltd. filed for bankruptcy protection along with five affiliates and said it was looking to sell its satellites. It was revealed that the company had earlier this year been forced to shut down one of its spacecraft because of a dispute over the geostationary slot it uses.
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India and the USA have signed a (TSA) that will enable launches of some U.S. satellites aboard Indian rockets.
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A satellite project was ill-prepared and badly managed, it is behind schedule and over budget. Yet another report from the U.S. Government Accountability office? No – this is what the European Court of Auditors found out about the planned Galileo navigation system.
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According to various reports, Sea Launch’s decision to file for Chapter 11 was also caused by the company’s inability to pay a US$52-million arbitration ruling against it.