Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft ready for launch

[Gerald]

Europe is about to get a second satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections.The six-tonne Ka-Sat will be launched atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in a flight expected to last nine hours and 12 minutes.The Eutelsat-operated spacecraft will concentrate its services on customers in the so-called "not-spots" of Europe.It is estimated that tens of millions of households in these areas cannot get a decent terrestrial connection.

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Note: 25 December 2010 Last updated at 17:31 GMT