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Space News June 5, 2012

First SBIRS Satellite Exceeding Performance Expectations After One Year On Orbit

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 5, 2012 – The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, launched on May 7, 2011,…

Space News May 5, 2012

Second Advanced EHF Military Communications Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Launched Successfully for the U.S. Air Force

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., May 4, 2012 – The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-2) military communication satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin…

Space News April 18, 2012

United Arab Emirates’ second communications satellite ready to launch

Y1B, the second communications satellite for Yahsat, will be orbited by a Proton launcher from Baikonur on 24 April 2012 Y1B will complete the UAE’s…

Military Aviation News, Space News April 12, 2012

4th Boeing-built WGS Satellite Accepted by US Air Force

Boeing announced today that the U.S. Air Force accepted control of the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite on April 11, after the…

Space News March 26, 2012

Soviet Weather Satellite to Fall to Earth

Meteor-1, the Soviet Union’s first fully operational weather satellite, will on Monday night re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the…

Space News March 20, 2012

Europe’s next weather satellite gears up for launch

Following the safe arrival of the MetOp-B weather satellite in Kazakhstan, the sophisticated craft is now being carefully assembled and tested before launch on 23…

Space News March 16, 2012

North Korea to launch satellite next month

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is to launch in mid-April a working satellite, Kwangmyongsong-3, manufactured by itself with indigenous technology to mark the…

Space News March 13, 2012

SPACEX SIGNS LAUNCH AGREEMENTS WITH ASIA BROADCAST SATELLITE AND SATMEX

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed contracts with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Sat?lites Mexicanos (Satmex) for two launches aboard SpaceX?s Falcon 9 rocket. ?This…

Space News March 13, 2012

Boeing to Build 4 Satellites for Asia Broadcast Satellite/Satmex Team

1st order for Boeing 702SP ‘small platform’ satellite Expands range of power available in Boeing satellite portfolio 2 satellites can launch together on 1 rocket…

Space News February 27, 2012

Lockheed Martin Delivers Second AEHF Satellite To U.S. Air Force For Upcoming Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Feb 27, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today announced that it has delivered the second Advanced Extremely High…

Space News February 3, 2012

Iran sends new satellite into orbit

TEHRAN – Iran on Friday successfully launched an observation satellite into orbit under a presidential decree, said the country’s Press TV. The spacecraft, named Navid…

General Aviation News January 18, 2012

Safe skies on satellite’s return

It didn’t happen – but it might have: the Network Management Directorate was on stand-by for the possible uncontrolled re-entry of the Russian satellite, Phobos…

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