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HOT BIRD 8 ready to the launch

Baikonur, Kazakistan - The greatest satellite takes in orbit by Eutelsat

HOT BIRD 8, the new satellite for video and radio transmissions built by EADS Astrium for Eutelsat Communications, arrived last month to Baikonur’s cosmodrome, in Kazakistan, is ready to the launch that will pass on a rocket-launcher Proton M Breeze M provided by ILS (International Launch Services) between the night of the August 4 and 5. HOT BIRD 8, the greatest satellite takes in orbit by Eutelsat, w...

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Rome, Italy, 08/02/2006 14:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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