SpaceX Launches Turkmenistan’s First Satellite

PARIS – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched Turkmenistan’s first satellite April 27, sending the TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT telecommunications spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space for the Turkmenistan Ministry of...

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