Helium Leak Endangers First Indigenous Pan-African Satcom Mission
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Thales Alenia Space engineers are struggling to fix a helium leak that is jeopardizing the first indigenous pan-African fixed satellite service telecommunications mission. The leak was revealed on Dec. 29, barely a week after the 3.2-metric-ton, 6.4-kw. Rascom-QAF1 spacecraft was launched to 2.85...
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