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March 22, 2013

Arianespace to launch three satellites for Intelsat
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 22, 2013
Arianespace has announced a launch services contract with Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of satellite services, for the launch of three satellites through 2017. Weighing more than six tons each at launch, the satellites will be placed into GTO by the Ariane 5 ECA from Europe's Space Port in French Guiana. The three missions will include the launches of Intelsat's previously announced, high throughput EpicNG-class satellites. Intelsat EpicNG is designed to address wireless ... read more

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