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Photos: Inmarsat satellite lifts off
All systems go for mobile communications

By Ahsanul Islam

Published: Wednesday 20 August 2008

The Proton Breeze M rocket has successfully launched the third Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellite, which weighs more than six tonnes and is the size of a London double-decker bus.

The satellite was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier this week. The satellite has been in development for two decades, taking in $1.5bn investment.

Photo credit: Inmarsat