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Space

Payload Integration Completed With NSS-12, THOR 6 For Next Mission

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Monday, October 26th, 2009

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The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's Oct. 29 mission is now complete following the installation of its second payload--the NSS-12 satellite for telecommunications operator SES WORLD SKIES. Encapsulated in a protective fairing, NSS-12 was mated atop Ariane 5, positioning it as the launch vehicle's upper passenger. Located below it in the launcher payload "stack" is the mission's lower passenger, Telenor Satellite Broadcasting's THOR 6 relay platform. This integration activity took place in the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport in French…

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