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Russia launches U.S. communication satellite

2007-07-06 04:31:26 Xinhua English

MOSCOW, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Saturday launched a U.S. heavy communication satellite into the geotransfer orbit for the first time in history, the Federal Space Agency said.

The U.S. satellite Direc TV10 was blast off on Russia's Proton-M carrier at 05:16 Moscow time (0116 GMT), Saturday, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.

The commercial multipurpose satellite Direc TV10, which was designed on the basis of the Boeing 702 platform, is the heaviest craft weighing 5,900 kilograms.

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