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Ariane 5's first launch of 2015

An Ariane 5 has lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits.
Launch of flight VA222 occurred on 26 April at 20:00 GMT (22:00 CEST, 17:00 local time).
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THOR 7's encapsulation begins the payload build-up for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission

The build-up of Ariane 5's dual-passenger configuration is underway at French Guiana, where this mission's upper satellite is now encapsulated in the launcher's payload fairing.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a multi-mission spacecraft for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc). The satellite, THOR 7, will include Telenor's first Ka-band payload, which will be used for maritime broadband services. It also includes a Ku-band payload for expanded broadcast capacity in Central and Eastern Europe .
THOR 7 will be positioned, together with the existing THOR fleet, at 1 degree West. Based on SS/L's highly reliable 1300 satellite platform, it will be equipped with 11 Ku-band transponders, dedicated to expanded broadcast services in Europe and additional Ku-band capacity for back-up. The Ka-band payload will be used to meet the growing demand for high-bandwidth broadband communications by the maritime industry and includes spot beams over the North Sea , Norwegian Sea , Red Sea , Baltic Sea , the Persian Gulf, and the Mediterranean.

Source: Loral Space & Communications Inc.



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