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Arianespace
Ariane 44LP | DirecTV-4S
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
It is the fifth Boeing satellite to be built for DirecTV. It was successfully launched on an Ariane-44LP H10-3 on 26 November 2001 and entered service on 27 December 2001.
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