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Successfully launch of the EchoStar IX-Telstar 13 satellite

154° W. Long. , Pacific Ocean - First signal was acquired at 9:46 pm Pdt

Sea Launch yesterday successfully launched (AVIONEWS, yesterday)the EchoStar IX-Telstar 13 satellite to orbit for EchoStar Communications Corporation and Loral Skynet. A Zenit-3SL launch vehicle lifted off at 8:31 pm Pdt (pacific daylight time), 3:31 Gmt (Greenwich mean time), from the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude, on the Equator. All systems performed nominally...

fra/pec - 48960
Rome, Italy, 08/08/2003 12:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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