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February 08, 2010

Opinion Alert — Has Obama Just Handed The Moon To China?
SatNews is publishing this compelling article written by Tim Edwards from The First Post of the U.K. — President Barack Obama's proposal to cut the $81bn funding for Nasa's Constellation manned spaceflight programme spells the end of America's attempt to return people to the moon by 2020.   Full Story

NASA — Endeavor Writes History With Final Launch
Space shuttle Endeavour lit up the predawn sky above Florida's Space Coast on Monday with a 4:14 a.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.   Full Story

SkyTrac — Airing Out Solutions For CAE Aviation
SkyTrac has been selected by Luxembourg based CAE Aviation to supply SATCOM/flight following solutions for CAE’s fleet of Cessna Grand Caravan, Fairchild Merlin III, Turbine Islander, CASA 212-200 & 300, and Skyvan’s.   Full Story

TS2 Satellite Technologies — New Services Deployed On Eutelsat Birds
TS2 Satellite Technologies company is introducing new broadband services on Eutelsat EB4 & W6 satellites for the Afghan market.   Full Story

Spacecom — Counting Clients
Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the AMOS satellite fleet operator, has announced their AMOS-5i satellite has secured additional clients since announcing operational status on January 28th.   Full Story

DMCii — Determined Deforestation Decision
British satellite imaging company DMCii welcomes International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander's announcement that the UK has joined forces with the Indonesian government to tackle deforestation and prepare Indonesians for the impacts of climate change.   Full Story

OnAir — Airborne With Airbus
OnAir has been selected by Airbus as the first connectivity solutions?provider to be linefit offerable on A350 XWB.   Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth — Oli's Omnipresence (NASA)
Cyclone Oli was a Category 4 storm on February 4, 2010, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image.   Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth — D.C. Dumper (NASA)
An exceptionally severe winter storm dropped several feet of snow around the Washington, DC area in early February 2010.   Full Story

ATK — Moving On Up...
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and its Board of Directors has unanimously voted to appoint Mark DeYoung as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.   Full Story

ATK — A Last Test For The Space Shuttle
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and NASA will conduct the last ground test for the Space Shuttle program on February 25, marking the closure of a program that has spanned more than three decades and ushering in the era of the next generation of space exploration.   Full Story