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Satellite Industry News Bits November 27, 2009
John Malone says DirecTV is not for sale, though he says the company would at
least listen to offers.
[Satellite Today - 11/26/2009]
Eutelsat's W7 satellite is carried into orbit aboard a Proton Breeze M rocket,
marking 4th successful satellite launch for Eutelsat in 2009.
[TransWorldNews
- 11/25/2009]
U.S. Air Force plans to launch the third Wideband Global SATCOM satellite on
December 2.
[Patrick Air
Force Base news - 11/25/2009]
Gilat is chosen by Telefonica del Peru for broadband satellite communications
project covering more than 3,500 sites.
[CNN Money - 11/25/2009]
Eutelsat announces that French telecoms operator SFR has selected Eutelsat's
Tooway satellite broadband service to meet demand from its customers beyond ADSL
coverage.
[Trading Markets - 11/25/2009]
Spacecom wins Amos 5i contract in Africa worth estimated $6.3m from unnamed
customer.
[Satellite Today - 11/25/2009]
Spinning wind sensor antenna on NASA's QuikSCAT satellite fails after more than
a decade of operations, leaving weather forecasters without a critical tool to
measure winds inside distant hurricanes and fueling controversy about
replacement.
[Spaceflight Now
- 11/24/2009]
Preparations move forward at Baikonur Space Center for fourth Land Launch
mission, a planned launch on November 29th of the Intelsat 15 satellite, the
first Intelsat launch for Land Launch.
[SatNews -
11/24/2009]
MacDonald, Dettwiller and Associates sign $187m contract with Russian Radio
Research and Development Institute to provide technology solutions for Russian
Express AM5 and AM6 satellites.
[Satellite Today - 11/24/2009]
Serbia becomes EUMETSAT's latest cooperating state following ratification
process.
[SatNews -
11/24/2009]
iDirect announces that Belgium Satellite Services has installed iDirect
Universal Satellite Hub to strengthen capabilities and reach of its IP satellite
broadband offerings in Middle East and Africa.
[SatNews -
11/24/2009]
NASA's Aqua satellite sees Nida explode into a category 5 super typhoon.
[PHYSORG - 11/25/2009]
Russia launches Cosmos-series military satellite aboard a Soyuz
rocket.
[Space War - 11/23/2009]
Intelsat 14 is successfully carried into orbit aboard Atlas 5
rocket.
[Spaceflight Now
- 11/23/2009]
AsiaSat 3S capacity will be used for live television coverage of
the Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games December 5-12.
[SatNews -
11/23/2009]
Chinese state inquiry determines that a burn-through of its Long
March rocket engine's upper-stage gas generator was the primary cause of failure
to place Indonesia's Palapa-D satellite into proper orbit.
[Satellite Today - 11/23/2009]
Newpoint Technologies and SAT Corporation partner with Clearbox
Systems to provide satellite ground station and network management system to BAE
Systems of Australia, to support forces accessing Wideband Global SATCOM system.
[CNN Money - 11/23/2009]
Inmarsat completes acquisition of Segovia Inc.
[Wall Street
Journal - 11/23/2009]
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