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Message: <blockquote data-quote="premi123" data-source="post: 13899615" data-attributes="member: 255374">Sri Lanka's First Satellite Launch - SupremeSAT–ISri Lanka's first Communications Satellite SupremeSAT – I will be  launched on November 22, 2012 at 15:43hrs on board China's Long March  3B/E Launch Vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. This will  be the beginning of new era for Sri Lanka and will be etched in our  country's proud history & will stand as a major milestone for Sri  Lanka in developing the Motherland as a Naval, Aviation, Commercial,  Energy and Knowledge hub, serving as a key link between the East and  West. The satellite will be deployed at 87.5E in the Geo-stationary orbit  approximately 36000 km above the surface of the earth and has a design  life of 15 years. The SupremeSAT – I was built by Thales Alenia Space of  France. Design is based on SB 4000 series satellite bus which comes  under the medium class telecommunications satellite category with its  launch mass of 5100kg. SB 4000 series has a successful flight heritage,  hence it's a very stable and reliable space platform. Having a payload  of 56 transponders on board SupremeSAT will be capable of providing  communications services, including broadband Internet, telecom and  broadcasting and will cover parts of the Middle East, South &  Central Asia and also Australia.</blockquote>

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