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Second Belarusian Satellite To Blast Off Late 2009
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 27, 2007 Belarus's second satellite will be launched from Russia's Plesetsk space center in late 2009, the head of Belarusian company Geoinformational Systems said on Thursday. Belarus launched its first satellite, Belka, in July 2006. However, a Dnepr rocket carrying the Belarusian satellite, along with several international satellites, crashed shortly after lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, due to a first stage engine shutdown. "The second Belarusian satellite is planned to be orbited by a Russian Rokot carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center in late 2009," said Sergei Zolotoi, who represents Belka's producer. He said the second satellite will have a different name. "Giving an old name to a new satellite is bad luck," Zolotoi said, adding that the new spacecraft would be half the weight of the first one and far more maneuverable. Belka was the name of a Soviet dog, which, along with her companion, Strelka, was the first animal to go into orbit and return alive, making her trip in August 1960.
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SingTel And ProtoStar Announce Joint
Singapore (SPX) Nov 27, 2007ProtoStar and Singapore Telecommunications announced a two-pronged agreement today for SingTel to provide ProtoStar with satellite control services and at the same time lease C-band capacity on ProtoStar's first satellite. In making the joint announcement in Singapore, Philip Father, President and CEO of ProtoStar Ltd., and Titus Yong, SingTel's Vice President for Satellite, emphasized the growing strategic relationship that these agreements represent for the two organizations. |
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