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Eutelsat Communications has ordered Eutelsat 8 West B from Thales Alenia Space. The high-capacity spacecraft will be launched in 2015 to 8 degrees West, joining satellites already operated at the adjacent 7 degrees West position by Eutelsat and Nilesat. Broadcasting services from both positions are received by satellite TV homes with a single small Direct-to-Home dish.

Astrium has successfully completed the Astra 2F testing in orbit and has handed over the control of the satellite to SES who will now validate the performance of its communications payload before placing it in operational service at its 28.2 degrees East orbital location.

Avanti Communications said that its Ka-band satellite HYLAS 2 is now fully operational with all beams fully functioning and – for the first time – providing coverage of Africa, Caucasia and the Middle East.

The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 1303 UTC on 10 October. The delivery flight is the first contracted resupply mission by the company under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
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An International Launch Services Proton M/Briz M ist to launch Intelsat 23 on 14 October 2012, 0837 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It will be the fourth Geostationary Orbit Insertion Mission on an ILS Proton.
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Boeing has been selected by SES S.A.to provide a new satellite that will expand direct-to-home broadcasting and other communications services to the fast-growing markets of Northeast Asia, South Asia and Indonesia, as well as maritime communications for vessels in the Indian Ocean.
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Emcore Corporation has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by ATK for the Amos-6 commercial telecommunications satellite planned for launch in early 2015. Solar panels populated with Emcore’s most advanced ZTJ triple-junction solar cells will power the Amos-6 spacecraft manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
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Lockheed Martin said it is making steady progress in a key test phase on GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, GeoEye-2, as Ikonos, the world’s first commercial remote sensing spacecraft marks 13 years of service.
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