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Sea launch set to fly Intelsat 27 in early 2013
The launch provider Sea Launch has been selected to launch the Intelsat 27 communications satellite in early 2013.
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NewsFaulty components caused simultaneous reboot on Phobos-Grunt
After previously suggesting that the Phobos-Grunt sample/return mission to the Martian moon Phobos had been the victim of some kind of radar jamming or interference - possibly intentional - the head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency, Vladimir Popovkin, noted that charged particles from the Sun affecting imported components in the ...
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NewsSolar storm impinges on Earth and damages Venus Express
Following an X class flare on 5 March, two more powerful X-class solar flare events were imaged on 6 and 7 March by the European Space Agency’s SOHO spacecraft and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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Globalstar gets more time and more lenient loan covenants
The French export-credit agency COFACE has made an amendment to the credit facility agreement it has with the mobile communications satellite firm Globalstar.
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Arabsat wants Measat’s satellites as it seeks to expand
Industry sources have indicated that the pan-Arabic regional satellite operator Arabsat is currently in discussions with the Malaysian telecommunications firm Measat for the acquisition of Measat’s satellite fleet.
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ILS gets launch contract for MEXSAT-1 Satellite
In a news release, International Launch Services (ILS) has announced on 9 March 2011 that the MEXSAT-1 satellite will be launched on an ILS Proton for the Mexican government’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) under a contract with ILS.
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Conflict of interest forces Targoff's resignation from Viasat
Michael Targoff has resigned from the board of the satellite communications firm ViaSat. The resignation is believed to be because of a conflict of interest.
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NewsWinners and losers as White House cuts NASA budget in its request
The U.S. Government under President Obama plans to cut NASA’s 2013 budget slightly to $17.7 billion.
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NewsNext Shenzhou flight will be manned says China
Having had a very successful unmanned Shenzhou 8 automatic docking test with the Tiangong-1 mini-space station, China has elected to move up its next manned spaceflight to the Shenzhou 9 flight.
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Third state engine breach was cause of Soyuz/Meridian 5 launch failure
Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has confirmed that the Soyuz 2-1B Fregat launch failure which, in turn, caused the loss of the Meridian 5 military communications satellite on 23 December 2011, was caused by a breach in the third stage engine
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NewsLightSquared fails to make payment to Inmarsat
Mobile satellite services operator Inmarsat has reported to the London Stock Exchange that U.S. broadband provider LightSquared failed to make a scheduled $56.25 million payment in February under a spectrum-sharing agreement.
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London Satellite Finance and Industry Conference: PPP Seed funding liked but Export Credit funding may skew market
Participants at the inaugural London Satellite Finance and Industry conference, held at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers on 8 February, discussed the state of the industry in the UK.
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NewsSoyuz manned launch schedule delayed after capsule fails pressure test
After its planned descent capsule failed its pressure test, the launch of the manned Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft was delayed from 30 March to 15 May.
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SES Revenues grow steadily but DirecTV and Thaicom show dramatic rises
The satellite operator SES reported its recurring revenue for 2011 which had been adjusted for exchange rate effects grew 2.8% to €1.735 million relative to 2010
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Ukraine delays comsat launch due to registration error
Ukraine has suffered a delay to the launch of its Lybid communications satellite. The cause of the delay was due to the Ukrainian authorities failing to confirm the orbital slot of 38 degrees East in time for registration with the International Telecommunications Union.
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ESA signs with Eurockot for two Sentinel satellite launches
As part of Europe’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme ESA and Eurockot signed a contract for the launch of Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-3A on two separate Rockot launch vehicles flying from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia in 2013.
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NewsRocket-carrying ship smashes up lake bridge in collision
On 26 January, an ocean-going cargo ship used to carry Delta IV and Atlas V rocket stages from crashed into the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge on the Kentucky Lake and Tennessee River causing substantial damage including a partial bridge collapse.
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Avanti raises £74 million to fly HYLAS 3 hosted payload on EDRS Satellite
The London-based satellite communications firm Avanti is to raise £74 million from its shareholders to build a Ka-band broadband communications payload called HYLAS 3 which is to be placed on a satellite owned by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Iran launches a remote sensing/weather satellite called Navid-e Elm-o Sanat
On 3 February, an Iranian Safir 2 Block 2 rocket launched a small satellite called “Navid-e Elm-o Sanat” from the Semnan launch site in Iran.
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