Intelsat 907, the seventh satellite in the Intelsat IX series, was successfully launched into orbit over the Atlantic Ocean. Intelsat 907 carries 22 Ku-band and up to 76 C-band transponders (in 36 MHz equivalents), making it one of the largest satellites built by Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications. The satellite was launched from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 44L rocket.
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- A total of 116 Ariane 4 rockets were launched from June 1988 to February 2003. Ariane 4 placed 182 satellites in orbit for over 50 different operators. With the success of Flight 159, Ariane 4 performs 74 successful launches in a row. In December, Arianespace’s first Ariane 5 rocket carrying a 10-ton payload for Eutelsat and the French space agency CNES failed soon after launch from Kourou, French Guinea.