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Arianespace announced today that it has signed a contract with International Relations and Accounting Center of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan to launch the country’s first communications satellite by the end of 2012.
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces the loss of the W3B satellite following an anomaly which was detected with the propulsion subsystem after its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket.
The fourth Ariane 5 mission of 2010 successfully delivered Eutelsat W3B and Bsat 3B satellites to geostationary transfer orbit today, marking the 53rd flight for Arianespace’s heavy-lift workhorse and its 39th consecutive success.
International Launch Services (ILS) have successfully launched the XM-5 satellite today on an ILS Proton for SIRIUS XM Radio, America’s satellite radio company. After a 9 hour 12 minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the XM-5 satellite, weighing over 5.9 metric tons, into GTO.
