A Russian Proton Rocket Successfully Launches Eutelsat's KA-SAT

A Russian Proton rocket successfully launched the European KA-SAT satellite today. The KA-SAT is a communications satellite of Eutelsat and will delivery consumer broadband service targeted at users across Europe and the Mediterranean Basin located beyond range of ADSL networks. With a throughput of over 70 Gigabits per second, KA-SAT will be capable of serving over one million users who expect bandwidth and prices comparable to ADSL2 performance.

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Science & Technology

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• KA-SAT
• Eutelsat
• ILS
• Proton

[BlackKingX]

Russia sure is more reliable than India.

[hookah604]

9:10 Lesbian scene.D

[GetBroadbandAnywhere]

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[europesatellite]

For more news about the KA-SAT and Tooway service visit ka-sat.co.uk website.

[pavel89l]

@BlackKingX Russians were always ahead of Americans, India is just starting....

[lassdenpitbull]

0:00 the countdown XD

"10, 8, 7, 6..."

[UnTiedMusicStudio]

@BlackKingX Russia has been doing it 40 years longer. They had some really spectacular early failures (the N1 vehicle comes to mind). This stuff is HARD, ISRO is not doing all that badly all things accounted for. They'll get there.

The PROTON is an ANCIENT design and has flown many times.

[frag971]

@hookah604 omg realy! XD HAHAHAHA

[rsexplorer20]

@frag971 LOL remember Vanguard xD exploded on the launch pad and it keep beeping after it exploded xD

[frag971]

@BlackKingX Aw cmon its their first rocket launches, its normal, dont judge india :P

You cant imagine how many rockets failed at NASA's first days

[LostFREEDOM]

Russia was 1st in space