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Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion.Full story

Dish eyes LightSquared's Spectrum for $2 billion - Bloomberg

(Reuters) - U.S. satellite company Dish Network Corp has offered to buy bankrupt broadband company LightSquared Inc's radio frequencies for $2 billion, Bloomberg said, quoting people familiar with the bid. Full story

New contracts return ViaSat to profit in 4Q

ViaSat Inc., which provides satellite and wireless networking technology, returned to a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter after a boost from new contracts. Full story

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