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U.S. Air Force Replaces Ailing GPS Satellite with In-Orbit Spare
Read more →: U.S. Air Force Replaces Ailing GPS Satellite with In-Orbit Spare[08-19-11] The U.S. Air Force has replaced one of its ailing Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites with a…
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Globecomm Inks Five-Year, North American Satellite Restoration Service Deal
Read more →: Globecomm Inks Five-Year, North American Satellite Restoration Service Deal[08-19-11] Globecomm Systems has been awarded a five-year contract to provide satellite-centric voice and data restoration services to…
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Analyst: Express AM-4 Loss a “Nightmare” Scenario for Russian Space Industry
Read more →: Analyst: Express AM-4 Loss a “Nightmare” Scenario for Russian Space Industry[08-19-11] The Russian Space Agency’s (Roscosmos) loss of communications with the Express AM-4 satellite could be a “nightmare”…
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Paksat CEO Likely To Commission New Satellites in 2012
Read more →: Paksat CEO Likely To Commission New Satellites in 2012[08-19-11] Pakistani national satellite operator Paksat could commission new satellites as early as next year, as capacity sales…
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Long March 2C Fails to Orbit Chinese Prototype Satellite
Read more →: Long March 2C Fails to Orbit Chinese Prototype Satellite[08-19-11] China lost its prototype ShiJian 11-04 satellite after the Long March 2C rocket carrying the spacecraft experienced…
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Satellite TODAY Daily Links (Aug. 19)
Read more →: Satellite TODAY Daily Links (Aug. 19)The editors of SatelliteTODAY.com would like to share some of this week’s most interesting space and satellite perspectives from across…
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Chinese Orbiter Fails to Enter Designated Orbit Due to Rocket Malfunction
Read more →: Chinese Orbiter Fails to Enter Designated Orbit Due to Rocket MalfunctionJIUQUAN, Gansu, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — China’s experimental orbiter SJ-11-04, which was launched by a Long March II-C…
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China Orbits Paksat-1R on Long March Rocket
Read more →: China Orbits Paksat-1R on Long March Rocket[08-18-11] China has launched Pakistan’s first communication satellite Paksat-1R on a Long March 3B/E rocket from the Xichang…
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AsiaSat Living Up to Ambitious 2011 Growth Plans
Read more →: AsiaSat Living Up to Ambitious 2011 Growth Plans[08-18-11] Regional operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications’ (AsiaSat) core market segments have produced double-digit revenue and operating profit percentage…
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FCC: Cable, Satellite Consumer Complaints Increased During 2010 Fourth Quarter
Read more →: FCC: Cable, Satellite Consumer Complaints Increased During 2010 Fourth Quarter[08-18-11] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) saw a 9 percent increase in filed complaints from cable and…
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RapidEye Contracts PCI Geomatics to Supply GXL Satellite Processing System
Read more →: RapidEye Contracts PCI Geomatics to Supply GXL Satellite Processing System[08-18-11] Satellite imagery software and systems provider PCI Geomatics was awarded a contract from German imaging company RapidEye…
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China’s third launch in a week proves too much as Long March 2C fails
Read more →: China’s third launch in a week proves too much as Long March 2C failsWith an apparent urgency to complete an orbiting constellation, China launched another new satellite in the ShiJian-11 series,…