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Science Ariane ends year with successful launch
Science Ariane ends year with successful launch | Ariane ends year with successful launch |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 27 December 2007 | |
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RASCOM-QAF1 is the first pan-African telecommunications satellite, while Horizons-2 will provide telecommunications, HDTV and IP-based content distribution to North America. The combined weight of the two satellites was 5464kg. ESA expects seven or eight Ariane launches annually in subsequent years.
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