July 25, 2013 at 7:54 PM UTC
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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July 25, 2013 at 7:54 PM UTC
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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2390, -52.7680
Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) augments broadband service and supports a new generation of mobile technologies to enable communications across Europe, Asia, Africa and the MiddleEast. INSAT-3D is a meteorological, data relay and satellite aided search and rescue satellite developed by ISRO, it operates at 82 degrees East.
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Arianespace Flight VA 214 / ALPHASAT and INSAT-3D
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Height
57.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
71
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
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