26 February
In MonacoSAT, Thales by Huguette Marsicano
The TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT telecommunications satellite was shipped from Thales Alenia Space’s Cannes plant on February 23, 2015, arriving at the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida on February 26. Built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, on behalf of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications, the satellite will be orbited in March 2015 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher.
