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SpaceX Successfully Launches ABS-3A And EUTELSAT Satellites In One Rocket

Monday, March 16th, 2015

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched a Falcon 9 mission containing the EUTELSAT 115 West B and ABS-3A communications satellites March 1.The launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Launch Complex 40 took place at 10:50pm.EUTELSAT 115 West B is to provide the Americas with video, data, government, and mobile services for Eutelsat.ABS-3A will distribute television programming, internet and mobile phone connectivity, and maritime services across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for the Asia Broadcast…

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