Turksat deal

2006-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a contract with Turkey’s Turksat for the on-orbit delivery of Turksat 3A, an 8kW Spacebus 4000B2 communications satellite to be launched in 2008 and located at 42ºE in geostationary orbit.

Source: Flight International

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