Ariane Launches GE-5, Digital Radio Satellite
The world's first digital radio broadcast satellite and a U.S. company's first European-made satellite were launched from the European spaceport by an Ariane 44L, which broke its record for lofted payload weight. AfriStar, the first in a $700-million three-satellite global digital radio network...
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