Back-to-back Ariane, Atlas launches put satellites in GTO

Arianespace and Lockheed Martin put two heavy communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits in back-to-back Ariane and Atlas launches Friday from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou and Cape Canaveral, Fla. Less than two hours separated launch of Eutelsat's Hot Bird 4 direct broadcast...

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