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Ariane 5 – Largest-ever telecommunications satellite launched

1 Jul 2009, 22:00 UTC
Ariane 5 – Largest-ever telecommunications satellite launched

Earlier this evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched, Terrastar 1, into geostationary transfer orbit.

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