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Archive for February 2nd, 2015

Proton M launches new Inmarsat satellite (part II)

February 2nd, 2015 by

An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Briz M successfully placed the Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2) satellite into a d 4366 km x 64698 km x 26.8 degrees super-synchronous transfer orbit (SSTO) earlier today. Controllers confirmed the satellite was operating normally.

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Fourth Iranian satellite launched

February 2nd, 2015 by

Rocket: Safir; Payload: Fajr; Date: 2 February 2015, approx. 0850 UTC; Launch site: unknown, Iran. The satellite was placed into a 223 km x 470 km x 55.5 degrees orbit.

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First Spacebus 4000-based satellite celebrates 10th anniversary

February 2nd, 2015 by

On 3 February 2005, the first satellite based on a Spacebus 4000 platform by Thales Alenia Space, the AMC-12, now renamed SES 10, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by a Proton rocket.

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