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The Proton M launch vehicle, utilising a five-burn Briz M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the SkyTerra 1 satellite on board on 14 November, 1729 UTC.Other Posts:Get the Best FTA ReceiverSatellite Dish Heaters – A Cold Climate NecessityGLONASS programme to be amendedSpaceX delays RazakSat launchLaunch updatesRussia to close SvobodnyArianespace to launch Hughes’ Jupiter 1OHB Group AG results Q1 2009

ISRO plans to launch its GSAT-5P communication satellite before the end of the year. The first Indian satellite launch in 2011 will likely be that of the Resourcesat-2 Earth observation satellite.Other Posts:Radyne Elects Keiper, Wagner To BoardRadio signals help forecast radiation stormsVietnam Telecom To Build Pair Of Vinasat Operations CentersThales Alenia Space successfully completes O3b Networks PDRCOM DEV International Ltd. results Q1 FY2007Catch a Favorite ‘Friend’ on Satellite TV AgainThe DirecTV Group, Inc. results Q2 2006Astrotech vying for new Vandenberg contract

Sagem (Safran group) has delivered the first prototype sensors to the French Centre d’Etudes Spatiales des Rayonnements (CESR; Radiation Space Research Center) for the Eclairs telescope, the main payload to be carried by the scientific satellite SVOM (Space-based multi-band Variable Object Monitor).Other Posts:Chang’e-2 arrives in moon orbitILS to launch mobile TV satelliteHarris completes Advanced EHF Navy Multiband TerminalHarris gets SGSS subcontractNFL Sunday Ticket – Your Ticket to the Game – No Matter Where You AreBusiness as usual: Angara further delayedTrimble Launches Premium GPS Content Layer for Google EarthRamTelecom, TOG Systems Formalize Partnership

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory expect the Cassini spacecraft will resume normal operations on 24 November. They have traced the steps taken by an onboard computer before Cassini put itself in precautionary “safe mode” last week.Other Posts:ILS boasts of new contractsStill no go for Sea LaunchATK selects avionics contractor for Ares I first stageSecond-last launch in 2009 another success for ArianespaceBall Aerospace completes STPSat-2 pre-shipment reviewESA chooses three scientific missions for further studyGlobalstar get satellites export approvalThe Boeing Company (Integrated Defense Systems) results Q3 2008

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) said it successfully repositioned the UK-DMC-1 spacecraft, which is reaching the end of its operational life, using unspent propellant to reduce the orbital lifetime and the probability of generating space debris.Other Posts:SES Astra starts roll-out of ‘Astra2Connect’ in IrelandGOCE starts delivering data for gravity map of EarthArirang 2 pictures distorted?Catching Warm-Weather Favorites on Satellite TVThe Benefits of a Satellite Television Package Are Unbeatable!Dnepr rocket launches Thailand’s EO satelliteSatellite operators want EU to guarantee space servicesAsia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. results 2006

The Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (STSS ATRR) satellite has successfully demonstrated required on-orbit system performance parameters for a prototype sensor technology, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said.

NASA’s Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) mission has been extended again. This is its fourth extension since the original two-year mission began in January 2002.
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The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS III) has completed the programme’s first contract deliverable ahead of schedule, by shipping the GPS III Bus Real Time Simulator (BRTS) to Aerospace Corporation in September. Acceptance testing for the BRTS was completed seven days after delivery.
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