August 4, 2011 – The spacecraft for the 31st Sea Launch mission has arrived in Long Beach, California and been transported to one of the dual payload processing/fueling areas within the Payload Processing Facility at the Sea Launch Home Port facility. There it will undergo standalone spacecraft processing before being handed over to Energia Logistics, Ltd. to be mated with the payload support structure and integrated with the Zenit-3SL launch vehicle before departure to the launch site in September.
The ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 communications satellite departed from the Toulouse, France manufacturing facilities of Astrium, an EADS company and arrived at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) on-board an Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft yesterday.
ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7, owned and operated by Eutelsat S.A., is based on Astrium’s Eurostar 3000 platform. ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 is optimized for high-growth broadcasting markets, with two beams to provide superior coverage across the Middle East, including Gulf States, as well as North Africa and North-West Africa.
The ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 communications satellite departed from the Toulouse, France manufacturing facilities of Astrium, an EADS company and arrived at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) on-board an Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft yesterday.
ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7, owned and operated by Eutelsat S.A., is based on Astrium’s Eurostar 3000 platform. ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 is optimized for high-growth broadcasting markets, with two beams to provide superior coverage across the Middle East, including Gulf States, as well as North Africa and North-West Africa.