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Article: Loral-Built Intelsat 904 Telecommunications Satellite Successfully Launched.
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- February 23, 2002
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2002
New Spacecraft is Third in Intelsat IX Series; 27th Satellite
Built by Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat
Intelsat 904, the latest in a line of advanced communications satellites built for Intelsat by Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE: LOR), was successfully launched at 1:59 a.m. EST (6:59 a.m. GMT) this morning.
The satellite was sent into space from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 44L launch vehicle.
"Intelsat is one of SS/L's most important and longstanding customers and we are proud to ...