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A packaged Alphasat enters the Antonov plane
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Alphasat prepared for shipment

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Alphasat, the largest European-built telecommunications satellite, is packaged and placed into the Antonov plane by crane at Toulouse airport, ready for shipment to launch site Kourou, French Guiana. The fully-loaded container weighs 20 tonnes, and was transported from Astrium's Intespace facilities to Toulouse, where it will be flown to Cayenne airport.

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