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DIRECTV 12 satellite shipped to Baikonur

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will increase the company's HD capacity by 50%

Boeing announced today that DIRECTV 12 satellite was shipped last week from Boeing's manufacturing facility in El Segundo (USA) to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan. Upon arrival, the satellite will undergo final preparations for a December launch aboard an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M rocket. DIRECTV 12 is the 11th satellite Boeing has built for the nation's...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112052
Rome, Italy, 12/01/2009 16:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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