Long Beach firm launches satellite
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A communications satellite was lofted into orbit from an oceangoing rocket platform in the equatorial Pacific, said Sea Launch Co. in Long Beach.
The Galaxy 18 satellite will provide television, data and communications services to Intelsat customers in North America and Hawaii.
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