HOT BIRD 10 Being Delivered By Polet Antonov An-124 To Cayenne.

Another delivery by a Polet An-124 carrying the HOT BIRD 10 satellite into Cayenne International Airport on 9th January.  Hot Bird 10 is intended to fly on the first Ariane 5 mission of 2009 on 12 February.

Hot Bird 10 offloading at Cayenne airport

Hot Bird 10 is based on the EADS Astrium Eurostar 3000 spacecraft as can be seen by the use of the same transport container.  It will be used by Eutelsat the telecommunications operator but will share the launch with three other satellites sharing the launch capacity of the Ariane 5 launcher.

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