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All systems nominal.

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The Hot bird satellite has successfully launched from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.

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Weather conditions are good for launch.

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The Hot bird satellite is to be launched from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.

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T-0 is set for 21:48 UTC

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A Russian Proton-M carrier rocker with the Hot Bird 8, a U.S. telecommunications satellite will be launched from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on Saturday, at 1.48 a.m. Moscow time (9.48 p.m. GMT, Friday) under the terms of a commercial program run by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre, the manufacturer of the rocket and the Briz-M booster.

"The satellite is designed to provide Internet and digital telecommunications services for Europe and North Africa" - spokesperson for the Russian space agency.

The spacecraft weighing 4.8 metric tons was produced by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, the world's second largest aerospace company, for Eutelsat, Europe's leading satellite operator.

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Today we completed a very key hardware rehearsal and physically disconnected and reconnected the external battery charging lines that enter the PLF from the tool door on the side. These connections will be secured for real at around T-7 hours, just before LV propellant load.

We also completed our on-pad interviews for the live broadcast. It was around 96 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius) today, but out there it seems even hotter because the white concrete reflects the sun back at you. The ILS, Eutelsat and Astrium team members who did not get an opportunity to sign the payload fairing while it was in Hall 101 went up the tower and signed it there. It is always a thrill to do so. We can write whatever we want, and many people dedicate their signatures to their family or loved ones.
It is L-1 day and counting. All systems are nominal. Tomorrow is L-0. We call it that even though we will launch early in the morning on Saturday, Baikonur time. Our final day on pad is actually more than 24 hours. Tomorrow we will greet our VIPs, have our final State Commission meeting, and at 03:48 Baikonur local, August 5, we will launch.

www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

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Payload: HOT BIRD 8
Eurostar E3000 platform
Separated mass: approx. 4,875 kg
Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg, including payload
Height: 61 m
Launch Time: 3:48 a.m. Aug. 5 Baikonur
21:48 Aug. 4 GMT
5:48 p.m. Aug. 4 EDT

Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Launch Pad 39

End User: EUTELSAT, Paris
Satellite Manufacturer: EADS Space, Toulouse, France
Launch Vehicle Khrunichev State Research and Production Manufacturer: Space Centre, Moscow
Launch Services International Launch Services (ILS)
Provider: McLean, Va.
Satellite Use: Multipurpose Ku-band communications satellite serving cable and satellite homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, including Russia and Kazakhstan.

Satellite Statistics: -- 64 active Ku-band transponders
-- Largest satellite to date in Eutelsat fleet
-- Orbital location: 13 degrees East longitude
-- Anticipated service life of 15 years

Mission Profile: The Proton launch vehicle will inject the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit, using a five-burn Breeze M mission design. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent trajectory to place the Breeze M fourth stage, with the satellite, into a suborbital trajectory, from which the Breeze M will place itself and the spacecraft into a circular parking orbit of 173 km, inclined at 51.5 degrees. Then the satellite will be propelled to its transfer orbit by additional burns of the Breeze M. Following separation from the Breeze M, the spacecraft will perform a series of liquid apogee engine burns to raise perigee, lower inclination and circularise the orbit at the geostationary altitude of 35,786 km.

Target Orbit Apogee: 35,786 km
at Separation: Perigee: 3,800 km
Inclination: 13 degrees

Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 9 hours, 11 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics: -- 2nd ILS Proton mission of 2006
-- 4th ILS mission overall for 2006
-- 6th Proton launch of Eurostar bus
-- 37th ILS mission on Proton

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