Skynet 5A Touches Down In French Guiana

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The Skynet 5A military telecommunications satellite

by Staff Writers
Kirilou, French Guiana (SPX) Jan 12, 2007
A heavy-lift An-124 cargo transport delivered the Skynet 5A military telecommunications satellite to French Guiana this week for Arianespace's initial Ariane 5 flight of 2007.

Skynet 5A is the first in a series of next-generation secure satellites that will provide communications services for the British armed forces, NATO and a number of other countries. It will be operated for the U.K. Ministry of Defence by Paradigm Secure Communications, a commercial organization.

The Skynet 5A platform is to be launched on a dual-payload Ariane 5 mission along with India's INSAT 4B telecommunications satellite.

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