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SES New Skies Gets Ready for NSS-8 Launch
JJ McCoy
January 16, 2007

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Final preparations are underway for the launch of the NSS-8 satellite, SES New Skies announced. Sea Launch is scheduled to place the satellite into orbit Jan. 25 using a Zenit-3SL rocket. NSS-8 is a Boeing 702 spacecraft carrying 56 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders and is designed to replace NSS-703 at 57° East longitude.

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