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Astrium-built Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite successfully deployed in orbit EADS Astrium

By SpaceRef Editor
September 9, 2008
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Astrium-built Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite successfully deployed in orbit EADS Astrium
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London, Toulouse, 9 September 2008 – Further to its launch by Proton on 18 August 2008, the third Astrium-built Inmarsat-4 satellite took four apogee engine firings to reach geosynchronous orbit. Following full deployment of its 45m solar array and 80m

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