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Dee Valleras
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Monday, 15 December 2008 |
 Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) of Japan to build their next geostationary broadcasting and telecommunications satellite. |
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Scott Gibson
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
 The Ciel Satellite Group today announced that its first purpose-built communications satellite, Ciel II, roared into a brilliantly clear night sky onboard an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton M/Breeze M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 13:43:00 UTC/GMT/8:43 a.m. EST Wednesday. |
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Diane Murphy
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Tuesday, 09 December 2008 |
 Just days after the successful full mission-length test firing of the nine-engine first stage of Falcon 9, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) marked another significant advance with the performance of its smallest rocket engine, Draco. |
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Dianne VanBeber
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Tuesday, 09 December 2008 |
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Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, today announced a joint venture with a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners that will utilize project financing to build and launch a new satellite into the 33º East orbital location, ideally positioned to serve the African continent. |
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Scott Gibson
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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The Ciel Satellite Group announced today that the launch of Ciel II is on schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 13:43 (GMT) aboard the International Launch Services’ ProtonM/Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |
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Steffen Leuthold
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 |
 Strategic Reconnaissance Command (SRC) has today officially taken over the reins of the satellite-based radar reconnaissance system “SAR-Lupe”.
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Astrium is about to set a new record with the launch of its sixth and seventh telecommunications satellites this year.