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TerreStar Launches World's Largest Telecom Satellite

slashdot.org » 2009 » July » 4th » TerreStar Launches World's Largest Telecom Satellite

An anonymous reader sends news that TerreStar-1, the largest satellite ever made for the purpose of telecommunications, successfully launched earlier this week from a European spaceport. Its launch weight was 6,910 kg, and it is "distinguished by a giant, 60-foot (18-meter) wide S-band antenna that will be unfurled in the coming weeks. Once the satellite's two solar wings are deployed … Continue Reading »

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