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Overall results in line with forecasts and guidance for full-year 2010. Revenues rose 1.5% to EUR 8,654 million, from EUR 8,523 million in 1H09. Adjusted EBITA fell to EUR 586 million, versus EUR 605 million in 1H09. The adjusted EBITA margin was 6.8%, versus 7.1% in 1H09. Net profit totalled EUR 194 million, a decline [...]

Tiscali, one of Italy’s main independent telecommunications companies, and Eutelsat Communications (Paris Euronext: ETL) today announced the signature of an agreement thatwill allow Tiscali to expand its range of broadband products with the launch of a satellite service targeting homes across Italy beyond range of high-speed terrestrial networks.Branded Tiscali BroadbandSat, the service uses the Tooway™ [...]

Space helping to rebuild the economy and drive economic growth were the central themes of Space Day at the Farnborough air show on Wednesday, July 21st . Key addresses for the Space Day conference were made by David Willetts, UK Minister of State for Universities & Science, and Mariastella Gelmini, Italian Minister for Education, Universities [...]

Finmeccanica group manufacturer Avio, 14% owned by Finmeccanica, announced three new contracts signed during Farnborough Air Show. Avio increased its participation on General Electric GE90 engine construction from  7 to 8,2%. The engine is on board of Boeing B777.
Avio increases its partnership with General Electric also on other parts of the engine.
GE90 is the most [...]

Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, Antonio Tajani, visited ESA’s ESRIN establishment in Italy today.
Tajani was welcomed by the Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Volker Liebig, on his first visit to an ESA establishment since assuming his role as Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship in February.
Since the Global Monitoring [...]

The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s third mission in 2010 is ready to enter the final launch preparation phase, during which this heavy-lift vehicle will receive its dual-satellite payload.
Scheduled for liftoff from the Spaceport on August 4, this Ariane 5 ECA will carry a pair of Thales Alenia Space-produced spacecraft: NILESAT 201 and RASCOM-QAF1R. Both satellites [...]

Italian satellite broadcaster Sky Italia has received permission from the European Commission to bid on digital free-to-air frequencies in Italy. 
In its decision, the Commission noted that since Italy switched to digital television formats earlier this year, frequencies have been opened up for auction and that there has been “significant changes” in the sector to [...]

The European Space Agency has contracted Astrium to develop the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) for the International Space Station. 
The 35 million euro contract will see Astrium deliver the ACES payload for its scheduled launch on a Japanese HTV transport vehicle in fall 2013 with an on-orbit accommodation on the Columbus External Payload [...]

Eutelsat Communications, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced that it has selected Astrium to build a 48-transponder Ku-band satellite that will be located at its 70.5° East location in geostationary orbit. Scheduled for launch in fourth quarter 2012, the satellite will replace the W5 craft and more than double Eutelsat’s resources at 70.5° [...]

Paris, July 12th
The experience of live 3D in cinemas is one of the key technology highlights of the 2010
FIFA World Cup™, that came to an end last july 11th in South Africa. By offering sports fans a new layer of excitement for viewing sports on a big screen in a collective environment, 3D projections [...]