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Article: Loral-Built Intelsat 903 Telecommunications Satellite Launched Successfully.
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- March 30, 2002
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2002
New spacecraft is fourth launched in Intelsat IX series; 28th
satellite built by Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat
Intelsat 903, the latest in a line of advanced communications satellites built for Intelsat by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE: LOR), was successfully launched at 12:25 p.m. EST (5:25 p.m. GMT) this morning.
The satellite was sent into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, aboard an ILS Proton K/DM3 launch vehicle.
Intelsat 903 is the fourth satellite launched in the IX series, ...