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Lockheed Martin Marks 32nd Consecutive A2100 Success With the Launch of Astra 1L Satellite.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 05-MAY-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
KOUROU, French Guiana, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The ASTRA 1L broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), was successfully launched today from Kourou, French Guiana. Lift-off occurred at 6:29 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) aboard an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle provided by Arianespace of Evry, France. Initial contact with the satellite, called acquisition of signal, was confirmed at 7:29 p.m. EDT from Lockheed Martin's satellite tracking station in Uralla, Australia.

Built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS), Newtown, Pa., ASTRA 1L is the first of five planned A2100 satellite launches this year. The successful launch of ASTRA 1L represents the 32nd launch of an A2100 spacecraft for customers worldwide and all 32 currently are operational. Throughout its nearly 50-year history, LMCSS has launched 90 commercial communications geostationary earth orbit...

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