Mexico Launches Communications Satellite From Cape Canaveral
October 02 2015 - 1:18PM
Dow Jones News
By Anthony Harrup
MEXICO CITY--Mexico successfully sent its Morelos 3
communications satellite into orbit Friday, months after a previous
launch ended in the loss of a satellite.
The Morelos 3 satellite was launched from the Cape Canaveral in
Florida early Friday. It's expected to take 13 days to reach its
final orbital position and go into operation 10 months later after
systems are tested, the Communications and Transport Ministry
said.
The Boeing satellite was put in orbit by Lockheed Martin
Commercial Launch Services using an Atlas V 421 rocket of United
Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Corp.
(LMT) and Boeing Co. (BA).
The ministry said the 5.3-ton Morelos 3 will cover the entire
Mexican territory and be used for communications among national
security agencies, emergency alerts and support during natural
disasters. It has a useful life expectancy of 15 years and will be
operated by the state-owned telecom company Telecomunicaciones de
Mexico.
It also can provide mobile-communications services that were to
have been carried out by the Centenario satellite. The Centenario
was lost in May when the Russian-made Proton-M rocket launched from
Kazakhstan broke up over eastern Siberia.
The Bicentenario satellite, the first of the three in the Mexsat
constellation, was launched in December 2012 and has been operating
for almost three years.
Write to Anthony Harrup at anthony.harrup@wsj.com
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