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SES Astra said its new Astra 3B satellite has been successfully deployed at its orbital position 23.5 degrees East and is ready for commercial operations.
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Integral Systems, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SAT Corporation, has received a contract to upgrade China Satcom’s ShaHe and DongBeiWang ground stations with its Monics Carrier Monitoring and Interference Detection and Analysis System.
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Astrium said it recently completed its first full year of operations with the Spirale system, following its acceptance in April 2009 by the DGA (French armament procurement agency).
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Can a spacecraft that suffered a major fuel leak, lost three of its four ion engines as well as two thirds of its attitude control system, return to Earth from an ambitious mission nobody has ever tried before after seven years and a travelled distance of several billion kilometers? Japan’s Hayabusa could, successfully concluding a space story that is probably only second to that of Apollo 13.

The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument aboard the NOAA GOES-15 spacecraft has seen “first light” after initially suffering problems.

The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin announced that they have successfully completed a significant test milestone for the first satellite in the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) programme.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it has entered into a contract to provide a high-power satellite to DirecTV.

KT Corporation (KT) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced that they have completed their second successful transaction in less than 12 months with the execution of the agreement for the sale and purchase of the Koreasat-3 satellite.