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SIRIUS 4 satellite

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Sirius 4 Launch

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SIRIUS 4 satellite successfully launched - New SIRIUS satellite at orbital position 5° East
SES SIRIUS, an SES ASTRA company, announced today that its new SIRIUS 4 satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. SIRIUS 4 roared into space onboard an ILS Proton rocket from Baikonur this morning at 04.39 local time - 23.39 CET. The satellite will now be brought into its final orbital position within the next weeks and will be made commercially available beginning of January 2008 after extensive in-orbit testing. SES ASTRA is an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG).

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A Proton launch vehicle successfully lifted the SIRIUS 4 satellite into orbit today, marking the fourth mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).
The Proton Breeze M vehicle, built by ILS partner Khrunichev Space Centre of Moscow, lifted off from Pad 39 at the cosmodrome at 4:39 a.m. today local time (5:39 p.m. EST Saturday, 22:39 GMT Saturday). After a 9-hour-13-minute mission, the launcher released the satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
The SIRIUS 4 satellite is expected to go into service at the beginning of January at 5 degrees East longitude, where it will deliver broadcast and broadband services across Europe and parts of Africa for SES SIRIUS of Sweden.

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TLE Data

SIRIUS 4
1 32299U 07057A   07322.09612677 -.00000183  00000-0  00000+0 0    12
2 32299 049.0700 045.2411 7232020 359.8192 000.0685 02.27255962    06

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Confirmation of Breeze-M engine shutdown

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L plus 13 minutes

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3rd stage ignition
All systems nominal

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2nd stage ignition

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launch