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RE: W7 Satellite

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Launch is still on schedule

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RosCosmos expects prompt resolving of a misunderstanding with postponement of the launch of a carrier rocket Proton-M with the space satellite W7 from the cosmodrome Baikonur, the agency Kazakhstan Today reports citing the press service of the State Hrunichev Space Research-and-Production Centre.
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A Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage is scheduled to launch the W7 telecommunications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 14:19 GMT (17:19:10 Local time), 24 November, 2009.

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Launch of Proton booster with French satellite postponed

The launch of a Proton booster that will bring Eutelsats W7 communications satellite to the orbit was postponed for 24 hours, an official at the Baikonur spaceport told Itar-Tass on Monday.
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ILS PROTON TO LAUNCH W7
Launch Date:
November 23, 2009

Launch Time:
20:19 Baikonur
14:19 GMT
09:19 EST
15:19 CET

Launch Site:
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39

W7 will be collocated with the W4 satellite at 36 degrees East to double resources at one of Eutelsat's fastest-growing video neighbourhoods. Through a configuration of 70 transponders connected to high-performance fixed and steerable beams, the satellite will provide coverage of Russia and sub-Saharan Africa for digital broadcasting services, including pay-TV, and add flexibility for growing markets in central Asia. W7 will also assume all traffic on Eutelsat's 18-transponder SESAT 1 satellite, which is currently positioned at 36 degrees East, and which will subsequently continue in commercial service at an alternative location.

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The W7 satellite of Eutelsat Communications arrived at the Baikonour Cosmodrome on October 20, and is now in final stages of preparation for launch on November 23 by International Launch Services (ILS) on board a Proton Breeze M booster. The Proton lift-off is scheduled on November 23 at 14.22 GMT (15.22 CET).
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EUTELSAT STATEMENT ON LAUNCH OF W7 SATELLITE
Eutelsat Communications announces that it has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch in mid-November 2009 of the W7 satellite on an ILS Proton. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the satellite will now undergo final preparation for delivery to the Baikonour Cosmodrome.

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International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, a leading provider of satellite telecommunications, announced a contract today for the launch of the W7 satellite on an ILS Proton. The W7 satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space and is currently in preparation for delivery to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ILS and Khrunichev are implementing a mission integration schedule to support a mid-November 2009 launch.

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