Besides the London Satellite Exchange, a few other players are plying the market.
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In written form these area codes were split after the third digit to highlight this satellite exchange numbering.
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So reads a posting on the London Satellite Exchange, an online trading market for telecommunications satellites and equipment, which began operating in early September.
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Used satellites are not the only items on the satellite exchange, which also handles leases for excess transmission capacity on satellites already in orbit, ground equipment and even launch vehicles.
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While an online exchange is typically meant to bring price efficiencies, analysts say the London Satellite Exchange may be just as useful in simply helping buyers and sellers find one another in the gray market for dying birds.
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And if a new satellite cannot be put in place in time, the owners feel increased pressure to find some functioning satellite to at least temporarily hold the space, said Frank Genin, chief executive of the London Satellite Exchange.
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The last digit of this short code would usually also feature as extra digits on the end of the main STD code in order to differentiate each satellite exchange within a group when dialling from another STD code area.