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Europe*Star and France Telecom Sign Deal For Stellat 5
London - Feb. 21, 2001 Europe*Star and France Telecom have finalized their agreement to establish a new joint venture to provide fixed satellite services across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The new company, called "Stellat", has already committed to the construction of a new high-powered communications satellite, called "Stellat 5," to be launched by mid-2002 into the 5' West longitude orbital slot. "Stellat offers a unique opportunity for Europe*Star to accelerate and extend the coverage of our business, as well as to introduce C-band capacity into our portfolio", commented Alain Roger, president and CEO for Europe*Star. "Our partnership with France Telecom gives our business additional depth that will strengthen the service mix we offer." Under the agreement signed in Paris last month, Stellat is owned 70 percent by France Telecom and 30percent by Europe*Star and will have access to France Telecom's orbital position at 5' West, ensuring service continuity to users of France Telecom's Telecom 2 satellite, which is currently in that slot until the launch of Stellat 5. Stellat will also become a member of the Loral Global Alliance, a consortium providing worldwide fixed satellite services. Stellat has contracted with Alcatel Space for the construction of the new satellite based on the Spacebus 3000 B3 platform. Stellat 5 will be equipped with 45 transponders: 35 Ku-band and 10 C-band. It will provide a Ku-band Superbeam for DTH video and high-speed Internet services across Europe and Northern Africa, while the Ku-band Widebeam will extend Internet and video distribution to Eastern Europe and the Middle East, supplemented by a steerable beam. The C-band hemi-beam will cover Africa and Europe. Both C-band and Ku-band will include connections across the Atlantic and will be capable of linking the eastern seaboards of the U.S. and South America with Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Further, Stellat 5 will be capable of allowing the use of small two-way VSATs in Europe, pioneering satellite capacity for fully interactive high-speed IP services in Europe using dishes as small as one meter. Europe*Star, a London-based satellite owner-operator, is a joint venture between Alcatel Spacecom of France and Loral Space & Communications of the U.S. The company currently offers fixed satellite services from its Europe*Star 1 and Europe*Star B satellites, serving customers across their five coverage regions: Europe, Southern Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia, and will include digital transponder capacity for full-time, part-time, and occasional use requirements. Related Links Europe*Star SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
Sweden's 'Odin' Satellite Ready For Launch
Moscow (Interfax) Feb. 20, 2001A Russian Start-1 rocket that was launched from the Svobodny space center at 11:48 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday put a Swedish Odin-1 satellite into the intended circular, solar-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 625.7 km at 12:05 p.m. Moscow time, the press service of Russia's strategic missile forces told Interfax. |
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