Monday, November 29, 2010

Arianespace gives a ?lift? to Intelsat 17 and HYLAS 1

Ariane Flight 198

The fifth Arianespace mission of 2010 orbited two telecommunications payloads today: one for an emerging new player in the broadband marketplace; and the other for a long-time customer that is the world?s leading provider of fixed satellite services.


Intelsat 17 was released first during today?s mission.� This 5,500-kg. spacecraft was built by Space Systems/Loral using its LS 1300 Omega satellite bus, and will deliver a wide range of communications services for Eur [...]





Full story at http://spacefellowship.com/news/art24105/arianespace-gives-a-lift-to-intelsat-17-and-hylas-1.html

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