| Topics: BUSINESS | FEEDS & LINKS | LAUNCHES | LAW & ORDER | SATELLITES |
| BUSINESS |
| EADS (Astrium) results 2009 |
| 09 Mar 2010 The European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS) reported financial results for 2009.
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| Inmarsat plc results 2009 |
| 09 Mar 2010 Inmarsat plc reported consolidated financial results for the year ending 31 December 2009.
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| Intelsat S.A. results 2009 |
| 09 Mar 2010 Intelsat S.A. reported results for the three months and year ending 31 December 2009.
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| Orbital to acquire GD Advanced Information Systems |
| 05 Mar 2010 Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics Corporation's subsidiary, GD Advanced Information Systems.
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| SES Astra takes full ownership of Sirius |
| 05 Mar 2010 SES Astra has taken full ownership of SES Sirius AB by acquiring the remaining 10 percent of the shares from the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC).
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| FEEDS & LINKS |
| Qatar Telecom signs capacity contract on Intelsat 15 |
| 09 Mar 2010 Intelsat announced that Qatar Telecom (Qtel) signed a multi-year capacity contract on Intelsat's recently-launched Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15), located at 85 degrees East.
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| LAUNCHES |
| Assembly of second Ariane 5 ECA to fly in 2010 started |
| 08 Mar 2010 The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's second dual-payload flight of 2010 has begun its assembly.
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| Test firing of GSLV Mk III liquid core stage aborted |
| 08 Mar 2010 The Indian Space Research Organisation conducted the static test of its liquid core stage (L110) of GSLV Mk III launch vehicle, for 150 seconds at its Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) test facility at Mahendragiri on 5 March 2010.
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| China launches new reconnaissance satellite |
| 05 Mar 2010 Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan IX (YG 9); Date: 5 March 2010, 0455 UTC; Launch Site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. According to Chinese state-run media, the launch was successful.
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| Latest U.S. meteorological satellite in orbit |
| 05 Mar 2010 Rocket: Delta IV Medium+ (4,2); Payload: GOES-P; Date: 4 March 2010, 2357 UTC; Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Following a nominal four hour, 21-minute flight, the Delta IV deployed the spacecraft.
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| China to launch Yaogan IX remote-sensing satellite |
| 04 Mar 2010 China will launch the Yaogan IX remote-sensing satellite in the coming days from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, an official at the centre was quoted as saying.
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| EchoStar 14 preparing for mating with upper stage |
| 04 Mar 2010 Preparations continue on schedule at Baikonur for the launch of the Proton Briz M carrier rocket with a U.S. telecommunications satellite, the Space Systems/Loral-built EchoStar-14.
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| India tests scramjet engine combustor module |
| 04 Mar 2010 The Indian Space Research Organisation said it successfully conducted the flight testing of its new generation high performance sounding rocket on 3 March 2010 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR.
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| LAW & ORDER |
| Telesat welcomes abolition of satellite operator owner restrictions |
| 05 Mar 2010 Telesat expressed support for the Canadian government's Throne Speech and Budget commitment to remove foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian satellite operators.
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| SATELLITES |
| Paradigm, UK Ministry of Defence agree on Skynet 5D |
| 09 Mar 2010 Paradigm, a wholly owned subsidiary of Astrium Services, has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to extend and enhance the Skynet 5 private finance initiative (PFI) programme. This will involve the manufacture, launch, test and operation of a fourth satellite, Skynet 5D, and the extension of the Skynet 5 contract by two years until 2022.
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| Boeing transfers U.S. portions of ISS to NASA |
| 08 Mar 2010 Boeing last Friday officially turned over the U.S. on-orbit segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to NASA with the signing of government form DD-250 at the conclusion of an Acceptance Review Board meeting in Houston.
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| GOES-P healthy after launch |
| 08 Mar 2010 Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the third Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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| Roskosmos blames UK company for Kanopus delay |
| 08 Mar 2010 A Roskosmos official has blamed Surrey Satellite Technology Limited for a delay in the construction of the Kanopus-V N1 Earth observation spacecraft.
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| CGWIC signs LaoSat-1 communications satellite contract |
| 05 Mar 2010 China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), China Asia-Pacific Mobile Communications Satellite Company Limited (APMT) and Laos National Authority for Science and Technology (NAST) under Prime Minister's Office PDR, recently signed the Contract for Lao Satellite Broadcasting and Telecommunication System Construction (LAOSAT-1).
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| COM DEV begins work on two commercial satellites |
| 05 Mar 2010 COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded an authorisation to proceed (ATP) to provide switches, multiplexers and filters for two commercial communications satellites.
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