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Paris, France (SPX) May 19, 2006 Eutelsat and Arianespace announced Thursday they have signed a launch contract for the W2M satellite. The spacecraft will be carried into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket sometime in the second quarter of 2008 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana. The contract continues a 22-year collaboration, the two companies said in a joint statement. Arianespace has orbited more than half of Eutelsat's constellation, and the contract represents the 274th won by Arianespace since its establishment in March 1980. A new industrial consortium between EADS Astrium and ISRO will build the W2M, which will operate 26 transponders in Ku-band and up to 32 in all, depending on operational modes, for a designed operational lifetime of 15 years. W2M is intended to provide additional security for customers, because it can be deployed at a number of orbital positions used by the W satellite series, particularly 10 degrees east longitude. Like all Eutelsat W satellites, W2M is meant to provide a wide range of services, from television broadcasting to data networks to broadband. In addition to fixed-beam coverage over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, W2M will carry one steerable beam that can be re-oriented in orbit according to market requirements – possibly toward Africa and central Asia. Related Links Arianespace Eutelsat
Sea Launch To Orbit Next Satellite In June
Washington DC (RIAN) May 19, 2006Sea Launch, the world's sole company to orbit satellites from a pad in equatorial waters, will send an American satellite into space in June, the international consortium said Thursday.
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