New Dawn Satellite arrives in French Guiana!
New Dawn Satellite arrives in French Guiana!
With only 28 days until launch, the Intelsat New Dawn Satellite was shipped overnight from Washington D.C. to Cayenne, French Guiana. The satellite recently left the Orbital Sciences Corporation manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, and was flown on an Antonov airplane, arriving early morning local time in Cayenne. It will then be transported to Kourou, where it will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket on 29 March 2011.
See the attached picture of the satellite being loaded for flight from the USA to French Guiana.
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, Cayenne
, Kourou
, Washington
, New Dawn
, French Guiana
, Ariane 5
, satellite
, Orbital
, Dulles
, Virginia
, Intelsat
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