Eutelsat’s W3B Declared A Total Loss

Eutelsat will order a new satellite to replace a communications satellite that failed after launch last month. W3B, lofted on Oct. 29 atop an Ariane 5 along with Japan’s BSAT-3B, was declared a total loss after an anomaly was detected on the satellite’s propulsion subsystem, preventing its insertion...

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