First WorldSpace satellite slated for launch by end of October

WorldSpace Corp. plans to orbit its first piece of hardware Oct. 28 with launch of the AfriStar satellite aboard an Ariane 44L rocket from the Guiana Space Center here. The launch of AfriStar, the first of four identical medium power satellites built by France's Alcatel for the Washington, D.C...

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