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SES-2 SATELLITE LAUNCH PREPARATIONS KICK OFF IN KOUROU


CHIRP hosted payload on board

Luxembourg, August 9th, 2011 www.ses.com

SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announces that the SES-2 satellite has safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The SES-2 spacecraft, manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will now be readied for launch on board an Ariane 5 ECA booster, scheduled for lift-off early September, 2011.

SES-2 is a hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite which will replace SES' AMC-3 spacecraft at 87 degrees West and provide coverage of North America and the Caribbean. The satellite will continue distributing advanced digital media from one of the world's largest TV neighborhoods, as well as supporting a variety of enterprise, VSAT and government customers. The satellite's easterly location with its excellent coverage of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean was specifically designed to provide communications links to offshore platforms for customers in the oil and gas and maritime markets. The cross-strapping capabilities from C- to Ku-band on the spacecraft will enable customers to further optimize their enterprise networks.

SES-2 is based on Orbital's space-proven Star 2.4 platform, the largest and most powerful geostationary communications satellites Orbital builds. It carries 24 C-Band transponders and 24 Ku-Band transponders (36 MHz equivalents), generates approximately five kilowatts of payload power, and features a design life of 15 years.

The state-of-the-art spacecraft will also carry the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) sensor specially developed for the US government for testing purposes.

States Romain Bausch, President and CEO of SES: "SES-2 will provide seamless replacement capacity at the important orbital position of 87 degrees West, ensuring a number of our North American customers a smooth continuation of their operations for years to come. Fitted with CHIRP, SES' first hosted payload, SES-2 is also an important demonstration of how hosting government special purpose payloads on commercial satellites can provide cost effective means for experimenting with new technologies. We look forward to another Ariane 5 success as the combined teams of Arianespace, Orbital and SES prepare SES-2 for launch over the next few weeks."
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Arabsat/SES-2 launch postponed


21.36 Europe/London, September 1, 2011 By Robert Briel

Arianespace will announce a new launch date for its upcoming dual-passenger mission following supplementary checks to be performed on the engine that powers Ariane 5’s cryogenic upper stage.

These operations will take several days and are being carried out to ensure the highest level of quality for the heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA, which is to orbit the Arabsat-5C and SES-2 telecommunications satellites.

The upcoming flight will be Arianespace’s fifth Ariane 5 launch of 2011.

In a related development, the operator of the Amos communications satellites has announced that it had been notified by Israel Aerospace Industries, the manufacturer of the Amos 5 satellite, that a flaw in it had been repaired and that the satellite can be launched on schedule in December 2011.

In early July, Spacecom said that a fault in one of the units of the Amos 5 satellite would cause a delay in the timetable for the satellite’s launch.

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сообщение 8.9.2011, 13:47
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Arianespace to launch Amazonas-3 for Hispasat


21.19 Europe/London, September 7, 2011 By Robert Briel

Spanish operator Hispasat has chosen Arianespace to launch its new Amazonas-3 telecommunications satellite at the end of 2012 or in early 2013.

Petra Mateos-Aparicio, chairwoman of Hispasat, Carlos Espinos, CEO of Hispasat, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, signed the Service & Solutions contract for the Amazonas-3 satellite today in Santander, Spain.

Amazonas-3 will be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. It will replace the Amazonas-1 satellite at the same orbital position of 61 degrees West.

Amazonas-3 will be built by Space Systems/Loral using an SS/L 1300 platform. It will weigh about 6,000 kg at launch and will be equipped with 33 Ku-band transponders, 19 C-band transponders, and 9 Ka-band broadband spotbeams. The satellite will provide a wide range of telecommunications services and broadband connectivity in the Americas and Europe. Amazonas-3 will have a design life of 15 years.

Amazonas-3 will be the seventh Spanish satellite launched by Arianespace. The European launcher first orbited the Hispasat 1A and 1B satellites in 1992 and 1993. Hispasat and its subsidiary Hisdesat called on Arianespace in 2005 and 2006 to launch the XTAR-Eur and Spainsat satellites. Most recently, Arianespace launched the Amazonas-2 and Hispasat 1E satellites in 2009 and 2010.
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Arianespace to launch satellites for DirecTV


15.33 Europe/London, September 13, 2011 By Robert Briel

Arianespace announced today that it will launch two satellites for DirecTV and has the option of launching another two satellites for the US-based direct-to-home TV platform.

All four satellites will weigh in at over 6 metric tons and will be a part of a fleet expansion and replenishment programme. The new satellites will strengthen DirecTV’s DTH digital entertainment services across the United States and, if the options are exercised, Latin America by increasing HD channel capacity, adding more 3D channels, and greatly expanding the DirecTV Cinema movies experience.

The satellites will be launched on Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana in 2014. DirecTV-14 is currently being built by Space Systems LORAL of California. The DirecTV-15 satellite is in the final stages of contract award.

“DirecTV is pleased to be back with Arianespace and its high performance and highly reliable Ariane-5 launch vehicle services,” said Romulo Pontual, CTO of DirecTV. “We have the utmost confidence in this system’s design and in the depth of the organization behind this rocket. We have a long standing relationship with Arianespace and we are happy to build upon that foundation of success.”

“It is a matter of great pride that DirecTV has entrusted us with as many as four of their satellites,” said Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of Arianespace. “An order of this magnitude confirms Arianespace’s reputation as offering the most reliable launch service and solutions in the marketplace. We are excited to build upon a relationship that goes back nearly two decades, to the dawn of the direct-to-home revolution, when Arianespace launched DBS-1 for DirecTV.”
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Launch of SES-2 Satellite Delayed


Kourou (French Guiana), September 20th, 2010

SES S.A. announces that the launch of its new SES-2 satellite has been postponed due to a strike at the Kourou space centre in French Guiana.

The Trade Union of French Guiana Workers (UTG) initiated a strike within the TELESPAZIO company making unavailable certain means of measurement in the Space Center which are absolutely necessary for an Ariane launch. Consequently, Arianespace and CNES have decided to adjourn the launch.

SES-2 was scheduled for launch today on board an Ariane 5 rocket. The new SES-2 satellite was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and is intended to replace SES’s AMC-3 spacecraft at the orbital location of 87 degrees West.

The launch vehicle and its payload, the SES-2 and Arabsat 5C satellites, have been placed in stand-by mode and maintained in fully safe conditions.

A new launch date will be announced as soon as possible.
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SES-2 Satellite With CHIRP Hosted Payload on Board: Launch Success on Ariane 5


SES fleet now counts 48 satellites in orbit

Kourou, French Guiana / Luxembourg – September 22nd, 2011

SES S.A. announces that the SES-2 satellite was successfully launched into space on board an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle. Liftoff of Ariane 5 occurred spot on time on September 21th at 18:38 pm local time (17:38 EDT; 23:38 Central European Summer Time).

SES-2 is a hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite which will replace SES’ AMC-3 spacecraft at 87 degrees West and provide coverage of North America and the Caribbean. The satellite will continue distributing advanced digital media from one of the world’s largest TV neighborhoods, as well as supporting a variety of enterprise, VSAT and government customers. The satellite’s easterly location with its excellent coverage of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean was specifically designed to provide communications links to offshore platforms for customers in the oil and gas and maritime markets. The cross-strapping capabilities from C- to Ku-band on the spacecraft will enable customers to further optimize their enterprise networks.

SES-2 is based on Orbital’s space-proven Star 2.4 platform, the largest and most powerful geostationary communications satellites Orbital builds. It carries 24 C-Band transponders and 24 Ku-Band transponders (36 MHz equivalents), generates approximately five kilowatts of payload power, and features a design life of 15 years.

The state-of-the-art spacecraft also carries the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) sensor specially developed for the US government for testing purposes. The CHIRP sensor features a fixed telescope that can view one quarter of the Earth from geosynchronous orbit.

Jean-Yves Le Gall, President and CEO of Arianespace, declared: "I would like to thank SES for placing their trust in us over the last two decades. SES-2 is the 35th satellite chosen by the SES group to be launched by Arianespace. This latest success once again shows, if need be, that Arianespace continues to set the standard for launch services delivered to the world's leading operators, based on its unrivaled availability and reliability."

Romain Bausch, President and CEO of SES, stated: “Roughly two months after the successful launch of SES-3, the launch success of SES-2 on Ariane marks another important event for SES’ North American customers, completing SES’ encompassing satellite fleet renewal over North America. SES would like to thank Arianespace and Orbital for a mission well executed. Fitted with CHIRP, SES’ first hosted payload, SES-2 is also an important demonstration of how hosting government special purpose payloads on commercial satellites can provide cost effective means for experimenting with new technologies.”

Pictures of the launch will be made available on www.arianespace.com and via AFP, Reuters, EPA, AP, Kyodo News; in Europe via AFP, ANP, ANSA, APA, Belga, DPA, EFE, Keystone, Lusa, Pressebild; and in Japan via JIJI press.

Note to Editors:

A high-resolution image of SES-2 showing the CHIRP hosted payload is available at: http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/ImagesMult...ems/index.shtml

The next SES launch is scheduled for September 30th, when an ILS Proton booster will orbit SES’ QuetzSat satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.


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EUTELSAT’s ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 SATELLITE SET FOR SEPTEMBER 24 LAUNCH BY SEA LAUNCH


Paris, September 22, 2011

Eutelsat Communications announces that its ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 satellite is set for launch on Saturday September 24. The satellite will be delivered into orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch AG from the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform in international waters of the Pacific Ocean. Lift-off is planned for 13:18 pm Pacific Daylight Time (20:18 GMT, 22:18 CET), at the opening of a 74-minute launch window.

Built for Eutelsat by Astrium, the 4.6 tonne ATLANTIC BIRD™ 7 satellite will replace ATLANTIC BIRD™ 4A at 7 degrees West and deliver additional capacity for further expansion of services. Up to 50 Ku-band transponders will be connected to two beams giving superior coverage of the Middle East, North Africa and North-West Africa for digital broadcasting services.

A live video transmission of the launch will be available in High Definition from Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ position at 13 degrees East for viewers in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (downlink frequency 12149 MHz, vertical polarisation, Symbol rate: 27.500 Mbaud). A webcast will also be available via www.eutelsat.com and www.sea-launch.com. The launch transmission is scheduled to begin approximately 15 minutes before lift-off.
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