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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by nraynaud on Monday March 02, 2015 @07:35AM (#9131512)
basically, the Ariane rockets partially built there and are controlled from there, and the satellites are built and controlled there.

I guess the meet each other pretty often, and now, the satellite guys are going out with another rocket company.

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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by rsynnott on Monday March 02, 2015 @11:16AM (#9132517)
> and now, the satellite guys are going out with another rocket company.

Looking quickly at a random handful of currently operating Eutelsat satellites, two launched by Ariane, one by Zenit (Russian/American/Norwegian/Ukranian), one by Proton (Russian), one by Atlas V (American). I think Eutelsat is already pretty familiar with the multi-vendor approach.

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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by nraynaud on Monday March 02, 2015 @02:48PM (#9133890)
oops, Ok. I couldn't find the info actually.
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