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Astrium double prime-contractor for Astra 2F satellite launch from Kourou

Paris, France - Both for Ariane 5 ECA and for Astra 2F ordered by SES that will be launched together with GSAT 10

Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, is prime-contractor for both the Ariane 5 launcher and the Astra 2F satellite scheduled for launch from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on 28 September. Astrium is prime-contractor of Ariane 5, the heavy-lift European launcher designed and built to carry out the widest range of missions and which has proved its reliability b...

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Rome, Italy, 09/24/2012 22:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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