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| Alliant Techsystems, Inc. results FY 2008 |
| 08 May 2008 Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year 2008.
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| ATK CEO expects no change in decision to block MDA deal |
| 08 May 2008 Alliant Techsystems Inc. CEO Dan Murphy said the company has received "absolutely no indication of a change" in the Canadian government's decision to block the sale of the space assets of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. to the U.S. space and weapons company generally known as ATK.
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| Globalstar, Inc. results Q1 2008 |
| 08 May 2008 Globalstar, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter 2008.
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| Orbcomm Inc. results Q1 2008 |
| 08 May 2008 Orbcomm Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter ending 31 March 2008.
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| DirecTV Group, Inc. results Q1 2008 |
| 07 May 2008 The DirecTV Group, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter 2008.
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| Eutelsat receives largest launch insurance package from Willis Inspace |
| 07 May 2008 Willis Inspace announced it has provided Eutelsat with the largest launch insurance package ever placed for a satellite operator in the space insurance market.
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| Hughes Communications, Inc. results Q1 2008 |
| 07 May 2008 Hughes Communications, Inc. announced financial results for the quarter ending 31 March 2008.
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| OHB Group results Q1 2008 |
| 07 May 2008 OHB Technology AG reported financial results for the first quarter 2008.
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| RSCC to get Sberbank loan for Ekspress satellites |
| 07 May 2008 Russian Space Communications Company (RSCC) has signed loan agreements with Russia's Sberbank worth a total of RUB6.2 billion (EUR169 million, US$260 million) for funding its costs related with the production and launch of satellites, the company said.
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| Spacehab, Incorporated results Q3 FY2008 |
| 07 May 2008 Spacehab, Incorporated announced financial results for the third quarter ending 31 March 2008 of its fiscal year 2008.
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| Czech TV-platform CS Link signs for more Astra capacity |
| 08 May 2008 SES Astra has signed an agreement for an additional transponder on its new prime orbital position - 23.5 degrees East - for the Czech Pay-TV platform CS Link.
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| NASA successfully completes first series of Ares engine tests |
| 09 May 2008 NASA engineers have successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program.
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| Preparations for next Ariane 5 launch on track |
| 08 May 2008 The launch vehicle for Ariane 5's third flight of 2008 is now under Arianespace responsibility after its delivery by prime contractor Astrium at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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| Energomash to double production of rocket engines |
| 06 May 2008 Russia's Energomash is planning to double the number of engines produced for Atlas and Zenit launch vehicles in the future, the head of the company said.
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| Canada shoots down ATK-MDA deal |
| 09 May 2008 Alliant Techsystems (ATK) said it was today informed that the Canadian Minister of Industry has disapproved the sale of Canadian-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates' Information Systems and Geospatial Services businesses to ATK.
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| Mobile satellite TV has growth potential in Europe |
| 08 May 2008 New analysis from Frost & Sullivan's Space & Communications Group, European Mobile Satellite TV Markets, finds that the market earned revenues of US$1.92 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach US$3,273.9 million in 2014.
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| Genesis I completes 10,000 orbits |
| 09 May 2008 Genesis I, the first test module launched by commercial space habitat developer Bigelow Aerospace, has completed its 10,000th orbit around the Earth. The unmanned module is about to start its third year in space since its 12 July 2006 launch.
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| EPOCH IPS ready for ESA satellites |
| 08 May 2008 ISE (Integral Systems Europe), a subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., announced that its EPOCH IPS (Integrated Product Suite) COTS product is in compliance with ESA's (European Space Agency) PUS (Packet-Utilisation Standard) for Satellite Control Systems and EGSE (Electrical Ground Support Equipment).
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| GIOVE-B transmits first signal |
| 07 May 2008 Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals today.
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| Sierra Nevada/MicroSat to build Orbcomm's next-gen satellites |
| 07 May 2008 Orbcomm Inc. has signed a next generation satellite constellation contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to build 18 new Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) satellites with an option to purchase up to 30 additional OG2 satellites to augment and upgrade Orbcomm's existing satellite constellation.
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