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Arianespace has won a contract to launch the Koreasat 3 communications satellite in 1999. The Lockheed Martin craft will carry 46 Ka- and Ku-band transponders and will weigh 2,790kg at lift-off. The contract brings to 46 the number of satellites to be launched by Arianespace.

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