Bermuda Scrambling To Preserve Orbital Slot

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The government of Bermuda is rushing to find an in-orbit satellite to fill an orbital slot before Bermuda's rights to it expire in mid-2013, Bermuda's minister of space affairs said. The slot, at 96.2 degrees west, in principle became more valuable in 2011 when the Isle of Man, which like Bermuda is positioning itself to attract satellite companies, lost its right to an orbit slot next door when the deadline passed with no spacecraft present.