ILS Proton lifts SES satellite with commercial Ka-band payload

An International launch Services Proton D-1-e rocket put the Astra 1H telecommunications satellite with Europe's first commercial Ka-band payload aboard into a geostationary transfer orbit late Thursday. Luxembourg-based Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES) will use the Ka-band capability as a...

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