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Ciel and Telesat have been awarded a total of 12 licences by the Canadian government to launch new satellites.
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In contrast to recent statements by EU officials, member countries are by no means united over the future of the planned European satellite navigation system Galileo, a German financial newspaper reported.
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The Indonesian government has refiled to reclaim the country’s right to use the orbital slot of 150.5 degrees East with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

EU transport ministers meeting next Thursday are expected to back in principle a proposal by the European Commission to use public funds to complete the construction of the Galileo satellite navigation system. But it is now emerging that EU countries disagree on how to fund the project.

Investigators detained the head of Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO) amid allegations that funds were spent illegally in seeking to acquire the Argo remote sensing satellite from Canada.

China has officially joined the global disaster relief regime by signing the International Charter “Space and Major Disasters.”

The European Space Council (i.e. the ministers in charge of space activities in ESA member states) has adopted a European Space Policy.

The UK Office of Communications said it has set a deadline for mobile satellite firm ICO to show that it has entered into binding contracts and has the necessary funding related to bringing the ICO-P mobile satellite system into full commercial use.