Sorry I should have said "telecommunications." Though I guess even that may be open to dispute. If so please don't shoot me I am only the messenger! This is a quote from their subscription email "Ariane launch update:" "Arianespace will place into geostationary transfer orbit the largest telecommunications satellite ever built: THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) for Thai operator SHIN SATELLITE Plc." Robert ' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Fetter" <kfetter@yahoo.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:15 AM Subject: what's the largest geo sat ever built > What's the largest geo sat ever built? > > To me it's the us military one's, called milstars. From what I can tell, > milstars main body are > bigger then this one. > > Kevin > > --- Robert Holdsworth <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > >> Arianespace reports that THAICOM4 (IPSTAR) will be launched from Kourou >> on >> 11 July on Ariane 5s with a launch window from 0640 to 0840 UTC. >> >> It will be the largest geosat ever built. >> >> There will be live video coverage from final countdown to insertion into >> geo >> transfer orbit at http://www.arianespace.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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