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Ariane 5's fourth launch of 2013

This evening, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two communications satellites, Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1 and GSAT-7, into their planned geostationary transfer orbits.
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The Eutelsat 25B satellite has arrived at the European spaceport in French Guiana and is now in final stages of preparation for launch by an Ariane 5 vehicle on August 29.

Built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL) Eutelsat 25B is a high-power, multi-mission satellite is jointly owned by Eutelsat and EshailSat from Qatar. It will be operated at the 25.5° East orbital location currently occupied by the Eutelsat 25C satellite in order to provide both operators with flexible coverage over the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia for broadcasting, telecommunications and government services in Ku and Ka-bands.



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