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In orbit "ArabSat-4B" satellite for the communications

Moscow, Russia - Destined to civil use

Last week, from the Baikonur cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) launched "ArabSat-4B" satellite for the communications: the spokesman of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roskosmos has made known it today. This satellite put in orbit through the Proton-M rocket-launcher and the Briz-M acceleration unit realized in the "Mijail Jrunichev" Russian Missile Center. "The 'ArabSat-4B' satellite is destined to civil...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 69049
Rome, Italy, 11/13/2006 17:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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