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EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS Headed to Kourou Launch Site

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Tom Patton
Jul 25, 2022
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The EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite, the largest satellite to be put into orbit by Eutelsat Communications, is now on its way by boat to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana for a planned September 6 launch on board an Ariane 5 rocket.

"It will deliver 230 beams over Western Europe and is equipped with a Digital Transparent Processor of 5th genera…

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