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RE: EchoStar XVII satellite

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Hughes EchoStar XVII Satellite with JUPITER High Throughput Technology Successfully Launched

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that the EchoStar XVII satellite built by Space Systems/Loral was successfully launched and placed into geostationary transfer orbit by Arianespace, setting the stage for the new HughesNet Gen 4 satellite Internet services offering dramatically increased performance and capacity.
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The Ariane 5 ECA rocket with the EchoStar XVII and the MSG-3 satellites was successfully launched at 21:36 UT, 5th July, 2012, from Kourou, French Guiana.

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The Launch Readiness Review (RAL) took place in Kourou on Tuesday July 3, 2012 and authorised count-down operations for the Echostar XVII & MSG-3 launch.

Arianespace will orbit two satellites on its third Ariane 5 launch of the year: the dedicated Internet satellite EchoStar XVII for the American operator and service provider Hughes Network Systems, and the MSG-3 weather satellite for Eumetsat, the European Meteorological Satellite organisation.
It will be launched from the Ariane launch complex N° 3 (ELA3), in Kourou, French Guiana.

THE ARIANE 5 ECA LAUNCHER LIFT-OFF for this flight is scheduled on July 5 to 6, 2012 as soon as possible within the following launch window:

> Kourou: Between 06:36 pm and 07:05 pm on July 5, 2012
> UT: Between 09:36 pm and 10:05 am on July 5, 2012
> Paris: Between 11:36 am and 00:05 am on July 5-6, 2012
> Washington: Between 05:36 pm and 06:05 pm on July 5, 2012

Source Arianespace