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Eutelsat 70B successfully launched

Submit on Monday, December 3rd, 2012 22:59

Rocket: Zenit-3SL; Payload: Eutelsat 70B [f.k.a. Eutelsat W5]; Date: 3 December 2012, 2144 UTC; Launch site: Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned on the equator at 154 degrees West longitude in the Pacific Ocean. One hour and six minutes after lift-off, the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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