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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.
Inmarsat plc results 2009
09 Mar 2010  Inmarsat plc reported consolidated financial results for the year ending 31 December 2009.
Intelsat S.A. results 2009
09 Mar 2010  Intelsat S.A. reported results for the three months and year ending 31 December 2009.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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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