from Arianespace
Launch of THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) delayed by several days
The upcoming Ariane 5 flight with Thailand's THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) will
experience a short delay because of the discovery of an anomaly with
ground equipment used to prepare the launcher at the Spaceport in French
Guiana.
Arianespace has decided to perform additional checks with the ground
equipment in an operation that should take a few days, leading to an
equivalent delay for the liftoff that initially was scheduled for July
11. A new launch date will be announced shortly.
Both the launcher and its payload remain in a safe condition inside the
Ariane 5 final assembly building at the Spaceport.
With a mass at liftoff of more than 6,500 kg. (14,000 lb.), THAICOM 4
(IPSTAR) will be the largest commercial telecommunications ever carried
into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). The spacecraft is based on
Space Systems/Loral's LS 1300-SX satellite bus, and its hybrid
KA/KU-band telecommunications payload will provide broadband relay
capacity for direct-to-desktop, last-mile multimedia data and other
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