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SES-5
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 9 July 2012, 06:38 pm UTC
Rocket: Proton-M (Proton / UR-500)
Provider: International Launch Services
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Pad: 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
SES-5 is a geostationary communications satellite, providing broadcasting and network services to Africa, Europe and the Middle East.