MEASAT-3d successfully launched into orbit from French Guiana

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KUALA LUMPUR: The MEASAT-3d satellite was successfully launched into orbit from French Guiana in South America at 5.50am (Malaysian time) today.

The satellite was launched on the Ariane-5 rocket at the Guiana Space Centre, which is also called European Spaceport, in Kourou, about 17,000km from Malaysia.

A Malaysian delegation led by communications and multimedia ministry secretary-general Mohammad Mentek witnessed the launch.

He was accompanied by Malaysian ambassador to France Mohd Zamruni Khalid, Sabah minister of science, technology and innovation Yakub Khan, defence ministry representative Shamsuddin Ludin and MEASAT chief operating officer Yau Chyong Lim.

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