Satellite News Digest http://www.sat-nd.com Satellite News Digest http://www.sat-nd.com/images/logo.pngSatellite News Digesthttp://www.sat-nd.com Satellite News Digest en-gb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:00 GMT muuhs2 (0.7.4.5) newsfeeds@sat-nd.com newsfeeds@sat-nd.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LAUNCHES Falcon 9 test firing aborted, next try expected in a few days Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:00 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031000 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031000 Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 9 March. LAUNCHES Next phase of EchoStar-14 launch campaign begins Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:58:00 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031001 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031001 All stand alone testing of the EchoStar-14 and the Briz M upper stage has been successfully completed. LAUNCHES China's new launch site to open later than expected Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:57:00 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031002 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031002 China's fourth space centre, Wenchang on the northeast coast of the tropical island province of Hainan, will be put into service between 2014 and 2015 - up to two years later that previously planned. SATELLITES Two from Toulouse Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:56:00 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031003 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031003 Two satellites have left the Astrium facilities in Toulouse and are on their way to French Guyana. Launch of Arabsat 5A and COMS-1 aboard an Ariane 5 ECA from there is scheduled for the end of April. NAMES Satlynx to become GE - Satcom Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:00 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031004 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2010031004 Satlynx is soon to become GE - Satcom. Along with the name change, the company will have a dynamic new corporate identity and website to match, Satlynx said.