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Chunghwa Telecom, SingTel to launch ST-2 in May
 
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) will launch a joint-venture communication satellite, ST-2, in mid-May 2011 to replace ST-1 launched in August 1998, with Arianespace to be responsible for the launch from French Guiana, South America, using its Ariane 5 rocket, according to CHT.
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The ST-2 commercial telecommunications satellite built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Melco) of Tokyo suffered no damage from the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated Japan and will be shipped to South America in time for its scheduled May launch, a Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) official said March 16.
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An Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA rocket is scheduled to launch the Insat 4G (GSAT 8) and ST-2 communications satellites from Kourou, French Guiana, on the 11th May, 2011.

GSAT-8 includes a transponder for the GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) System (factoid: "gagan" means "sky" in Hindi).
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