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Successful launch for Alphasat, the European telecommunications satellite (VIDEO)

Kourou, French Guyana - It will cover Europe, Africa and the Middle East

An Ariane 5 ECA rocket successfully launched Alphasat, Europe's largest and most sophisticated telecommunications satellite ever built, The rocket, at its 56th successful launch in a row, took off on Thursday 25 July 2013 at 7:54 pm GMT/UTC, and delivered the satellite into the target geostationary transfer orbit about 28 minutes later. Alphasat’s signal has been picked up by an Inmarsat ground s...

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Rome, Italy, 07/26/2013 16:08
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