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edit IBAP -- 23.MAR.2006 -- Japan launches most powerful communications sattelite!

Ralik and Ratak Islands, Japan -- Today from the Equatorial cosmodrome, ATOE launched the world’s most powerful communications satellite to date. Failure was feared initially, however the second stage of the rocket did ignite and the rocket did install the satellite into a geosynchronous orbit, the first of its kind.  Read More...