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SES Global said it will use Land Launch to orbit AMC 21 in mid-20...

SES Global said it will use Land Launch to orbit AMC 21 in mid-2008. Land Launch, part of Sea Launch, will launch the satellite from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan aboard a Zenit-3SLB vehicle, SES officials said. AMC…

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21 is being built by Alcatel Alenia Space, using Orbital Science’s small STAR-2 platform, they said. The craft will carry 24 Ku-band transponders for service from 125 degrees W, with coverage of the U.S. and Carribean. SES Americom will operate and market the satellite, SES official said.