A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL placed Thuraya-1 into orbit Oct. 21 from a floating mid-Pacific equatorial launch site
A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL placed Thuraya-1 into orbit Oct. 21 from a floating mid-Pacific equatorial launch site. A Boeing Satellite Services (formerly Hughes) 702 GEM spacecraft, Thuraya was built for a United Arab Emirates firm under a $960-million turnkey contract. It will provide mobile telephone...
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