Hughes satellites launched from French Guiana, Kazakhstan
Two Hughes telecommunications satellites were orbited in separate launches Tuesday evening, only 18 minutes apart in time but a hemisphere apart in distance. First up was JCSAT-5, a body-stabilized HS-601 spacecraft launched at 5:52 p.m. EST from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou aboard an Ariane...
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