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GovSat-1 Arrives at Cape Canaveral for SpaceX Launch in January

Written on 11 Jan 2018

Luxembourg, 11 January 2018 – The GovSat-1 spacecraft has arrived at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. GovSat-1 is the first satellite of GovSat, which is a brand operated by a joint venture between the Government of Luxembourg and the world-leading satellite operator SES. It is scheduled for launch at the end of this month on board a SpaceX flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket.

The multi-mission satellite was built by Orbital ATK and is designed for the exclusive use of governments and institutions. Located at the 21.5 degrees East orbital slot, GovSat-1 will serve Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including substantial maritime coverage over the Mediterranean and Baltic seas, and the Atlantic and Indianhis own behalf for medical expenses to be incurred. The suit arises out of an accident that occurred on the premises of the St. Francis Cabrini School in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 19, 1963, when a group of young girls, ranging in age from 11 to 13 years, were playing a game of softball during a morning 20-minute recess. Julia Cullen, daughter of Mrs. Cullen, insured by the defendant Maryland Casualty Company, was at bat and hit a pitched softball into right field, whereupon she disengaged herself *355 from the bat she was using, and the bat in some manner not fully explained struck Cheryl Benedetto, who was sitting along the third-base line eight or ten feet back from the base line, in the mouth, knocking one