Satellite News

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) said it was today informed that the Canadian Minister of Industry has disapproved the sale of Canadian-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ Information Systems and Geospatial Services businesses to ATK.
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The European Parliament has almost unanimously approved the Galileo satellite navigation project.
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Globalstar, Inc. said that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Report & Order expanding Globalstar’s authority to offer Ancillary Terrestrial Component services (ATC) in the United States in conjunction with its mobile satellite services.
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The Canadian government has (at least for the time being) halted the controversial sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ space business to U.S.-based Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK).
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WorldSpace Satellite Radio said its wholly owned subsidiary, WorldSpace Europe, received approval from Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) to use 12.5 MHz of spectrum in the L-band (1479.5 – 1492 MHz) on a country-wide basis for the operation of a terrestrial repeater network in Germany. Also, the company apparently has eventually given up plans to launch its third satellite.
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Orbcomm Inc. has received a modified space station authorisation from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approving its next-generation Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation plan.
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ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) reported progress on two key regulatory proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and also reported that its ICO G1 spacecraft had arrived at Cape Canaveral in preparation for its launch on 14 April.

A shepherd in Russia’s southwestern Siberian Altai Republic is to seek damages from the Russian space agency over a rocket fragment that fell into his yard, Novosti news agency reported.