Date:05/02/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020512770100.htm

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INSAT-4B to be launched on March 10

New Delhi: INSAT-4B satellite, meant primarily for the direct-to-home (DTH) television service, will be launched from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on March 10.

The Rs. 300-crore telecommunication satellite, which is identical to INSAT-4A, carries 12 Ku-band and 12 C-band transponders. European space consortium Arianespace will carry out the launch. It will cost around $ 50 million, according to an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) press release.

In French Guiana

The satellite had been delivered to French Guiana by an An-124 cargo jetliner, the release said. — ANI