The Eutelsat 3B satellite arrived in Long Beach,...

The Eutelsat 3B satellite arrived in Long Beach, Calif., to prepare for an April 15 launch. The satellite will be handed over to Sea Launch’s prime contractor, Energia Logistics, “to be mated with the payload support structure and integrated with the Zenit-3SL launch vehicle,” Eutelsat said in a news release (http://bit.ly/1c2Wf0G). It is designed to increase and diversify Eutelsat’s resources and footprint at the 3 degrees east location, Eutelsat said. Eutelsat 3B will replace Eutelsat 3D, which will be redeployed to another orbital location to continue full commercial service, Eutelsat said.