U.S. Intelsat 10 Satellite Put into Orbit
Posted on: Thursday, 17 June 2004, 06:00 CDT
MOSCOW. June 17 (Interfax) - A Russian Briz-M booster unit put a U.S. Intelsat 10 satellite into designated orbit at 11:37 a.m. Moscow time, a source in the Federal Space Agency told Interfax.
"All rocket systems and the Briz-M booster unit functioned normally," he said.
The Intelsat 10 satellite was manufactured by the European company EADS Astrium on the basis of the Eurostar 3000. It is one of the most powerful modern satellites for providing digital television services, telephone communications, wide-band Internet access and the development of corporate networks.
The satellite was designed and manufactured under a contract with the company Intelsat, a world leader in the field of digital satellite communications.
The satellite weighs 5,575 kilograms. To put it into orbit, the Proton-M rocket was equipped with a Briz-M booster and an elongated nose cone designed to launch commercial payloads. The satellite was installed on the booster unit with the use of a carbon-plastic adapter and a lock band system made by Sweden's SAAB.
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