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| SECOND BSAT -- BSAT-1b, the second of two spacecraft for Broadcasting
Satellite System Corporation of Tokyo (B-SAT) is shown being prepared for
shipment to the launch site at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French
Guiana. The HS 376 spin-stabilized satellite was built by Hughes Space and
Communications Company and will serve as an in-orbit backup satellite to
BSAT-1a, which was launched from Kourou on April 16, 1997. BSAT-1b will
join BSAT-1a at 110 degrees East longitude to provide increased entertainment
broadcast services to more than 10 million customers throughout Japan. The
satellite is the 50th HS 376 to be built by Hughes and is the 42nd
satellite to be delivered in-orbit, with Hughes procuring launch onboard an
ARIANESPACE Ariane 44P rocket on behalf of B-SAT. |
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