SES Americom to use Zenit booster for spacecraft

SES Americom will use a Land Launch Zenit-3SLB-based booster to orbit its AMC-21 telecom spacecraft in mid-2008 under the sixth contract award for the Sea Launch spinoff. The Land Launch Zenits will begin operating from Baikonur, Kazakhstan next year. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates' Thuraya...

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