Israel's AMOS 2 telecommunications satellite was successfully
placed into geostationary transfer orbit Sunday by
Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 - which used a Soyuz/Fregat vehicle
launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The 3029-pound AMOS 2 was deployed from the Fregat upper stage
approximately 6 hours 47 minutes after the liftoff from Baikonur
Cosmodrome's Launch Pad #6, which occurred at 2:30 a.m. local time
(21h30 GMT, 10:30 p.m. at Paris, and 11:30 p.m. in Tel Aviv).
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