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Successful Launch for Eutelsat’s W7 Satellite Built By Thales

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Monday, December 7th, 2009

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International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Eutelsat's W7 satellite Nov. 24 from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor of the spacecraft that will deliver services at the 36 degrees East longitude orbital position. Based on the Thales Alenia Space powerful Spacebus 4000 C4 design, W7 has a launch mass of 5.6 tons. The satellite is equipped with up to 70 Ku-band transponders connected to five high-performance fixed and steerable beams serving Europe, Russia, Africa,…

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