09.11.2006, 11:30 2799

Telecommunication satellite ArabSat-4B launched from Baikonur

Astana. November 9. Kazakhstan Today - Carrier rocket Proton-M with the telecommunication satellite ArabSat-4B was launched from cosmodrome Baikonur on November 9 at 2.1 Astana time, Emergency Ministry press service informed.

"The flight of the rocket went according to the regular program," the Emergency Ministry noted.

As it was already informed, the telecommunication satellite ArabSat-4B belonging the Arabian organization of satellite communication is intended for granting digital TV services, direct television broadcasting, data transmission, broadband Internet in the Arabian countries. ArabSat-4B is the second of the space grouping of communication satellites ArabSat.

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