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8/20/2019 AUG 2010_APSCC E-Newsletter http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/aug-2010apscc-e-newsletter 1/6 August 2010: APSCC Monthly e-Newsletter The Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) aims to keep its members and subscribers updated with the latest satellite industry news as well as APSCC activities, thus produces a e-newsletter on a monthly basis as part of its information services for its members and professionals in the satellite industry. To renew your subscription, please fill out the Subscription Reply form and send it to infoapscc.or.kr  at least every si! months. To unsubscribe, send an email to  infoapscc.or.kr   with a title "#nsubscribe.$ News in this issue has been collected from July 1 through July 29. APSCC 2010 Satellite Conference & Exhibition October 5-7, 2010 @ Hilton Hotel, To!o, "a#an Themed “Beyond Survival, It Is Responsibility”, the APSCC 2010 Satellite Conference and Exhibition will feature world-renowned industry exerts at its CE! "oundtables# anel discussions# technical sessions$ %ith stron& connection to the Asian satellite community# APSCC 2010 will identify new business brea'throu&hs ahead of the industry and share the insi&hts for the fast &rowin& mar'et of the Asia-Pacific re&ion$ (ar' your calendar now# and don)t miss the chance to meet face-to-face with leadin& satellite technolo&y exerts$ htt*++www$ascc$or$'r+e,ent+ascc2010$as $ $E% E'E( H) *#+rae it e.berhi# Stat/ to APSCC ol e.ber (itsubishi ea,y .ndustries# /td$ (. has &rown into a modern aanese industrial ioneer durin& more than a century of oeration$ (. currently ro,ides a broad ran&e of roducts and ser,ices$ 3ased on technical caabilities# it had de,eloed in areas includin& shibuildin&# steel structures# ower systems# air conditioners# machinery for &eneral use and aerosace systems$ .n the sace systems area# (. has o,er 45 years of exerience in de,eloin& launch ,ehicles and sace roulsion systems$ (. will do its best to ro,ide the most ad,anced launch ser,ices to worldwide customers by usin& hi&hly reliable and cost-effecti,e -..A launch systems$ SATE)TE '*S)$ESS $E%S $anoTronix Si+n Contract for ariti.e SAT Platfor. of 3orea Coat /ar uly 1# 2010 - 6anoTronix si&ned a maintenance contract with the 7orea Coast 8uard 7C8 for the total (9SAT latform of T:(A networ'# C:(A networ'# 9P6# ub ";# maritime antenna and ,ideo commandin& system$ %ith this contract# 7C8 is now able to focus more stron&ly on le&al enforcement by technical < maintenance suort for the whole networ' from 6anoTronix$ i4irect H/b P/rchae b! 'entl! %aler uly =# 2010 - i:irect# .nc$ announced that 3entley %al'er# a ma>or satellite oerator in the ?7# has urchased two i:irect 5.; ubs to exand ser,ices ,ia Eutelsat S'y/o&ic)s teleorts in Turin and Ca&liari# .taly$ The i:irect hubs enable 3entley %al'er to utili@e increased bandwidth caacity on Eutelsat)s Premier % Series Satellites %2# %= and %# to ro,ide extensi,e co,era&e o,er the E(EA re&ion$ i:irect)s latest software release# i:B 2$1 will u&rade 3entley %al'er)s networ' infrastructure to exand its satellite co,era&e and offer new ser,ices to its &rowin& customer base$ ilat Choen to Proie 'roaban Satellite $et6or for Ho.elan Sec/rit! in Aia uly 14# 2010 - 8ilat Satellite 6etwor's /td$ has been chosen to ro,ide broadband satellite networ's for homeland security alications in Asia$ The networ's are bein& used to deli,er data# ,ideo and ,oice alications for homeland security and border atrol forces in addition to other defense reuirements$ The networ's incororate a ,ideo sur,eillance alication and ,arious uic'-deloy transortable units$ These include 8ilatDs customi@ed man-ac' solution which is a ortable communications system that enables the forces to raidly establish broadband connecti,ity in the field$ 8ilatDs S'yEd&e and S'yEd&e .. multi-ser,ice latforms enable the deli,ery of hi&h-uality ,oice# broadband data and ,ideo ser,ices for different en,ironments includin& enterrises# rural networ's# cellular bac'haul and &o,ernment networ' alications$ )ntellian 110 *#+rae E/telat ES Characteriation to Stanar -Cla APSCC Monthly e-Newsletter AUGUS !"#" 1

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August 2010: APSCC Monthly e-Newsletter

The Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) aims to keep its members and subscribers updated with the latestsatellite industry news as well as APSCC activities, thus produces a e-newsletter on a monthly basis as part of its information services forits members and professionals in the satellite industry. To renew your subscription, please fill out the Subscription Reply form and send it toinfoapscc.or.kr at least every si! months. To unsubscribe, send an email to  infoapscc.or.kr  with a title "#nsubscribe.$

News in this issue has been collected from July 1 through July 29.

APSCC 2010 Satellite Conference & ExhibitionOctober 5-7, 2010 @ Hilton Hotel, To!o, "a#anThemed “Beyond Survival, It Is Responsibility”, the APSCC 2010 Satellite Conference and Exhibition will featureworld-renowned industry exerts at its CE! "oundtables# anel discussions# technical sessions$ %ith stron&connection to the Asian satellite community# APSCC 2010 will identify new business brea'throu&hs ahead of theindustry and share the insi&hts for the fast &rowin& mar'et of the Asia-Pacific re&ion$ (ar' your calendar now#and don)t miss the chance to meet face-to-face with leadin& satellite technolo&y exerts$htt*++www$ascc$or$'r+e,ent+ascc2010$as $

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H) *#+rae it e.berhi# Stat/ to APSCC ol e.ber (itsubishi ea,y .ndustries# /td$ (. has &rown into a modern aanese industrial ioneer durin& more than acentury of oeration$ (. currently ro,ides a broad ran&e of roducts and ser,ices$ 3ased on technicalcaabilities# it had de,eloed in areas includin& shibuildin&# steel structures# ower systems# air conditioners#machinery for &eneral use and aerosace systems$ .n the sace systems area# (. has o,er 45 years ofexerience in de,eloin& launch ,ehicles and sace roulsion systems$ (. will do its best to ro,ide the mostad,anced launch ser,ices to worldwide customers by usin& hi&hly reliable and cost-effecti,e -..A launchsystems$

SATE)TE '*S)$ESS $E%S

$anoTronix Si+n Contract for ariti.e SAT Platfor. of 3orea Coat /aruly 1# 2010 - 6anoTronix si&ned a maintenance contract with the 7orea Coast 8uard 7C8 for the total (9SATlatform of T:(A networ'# C:(A networ'# 9P6# ub ";# maritime antenna and ,ideo commandin& system$ %iththis contract# 7C8 is now able to focus more stron&ly on le&al enforcement by technical < maintenance suortfor the whole networ' from 6anoTronix$

i4irect H/b P/rchae b! 'entl! %aler uly =# 2010 - i:irect# .nc$ announced that 3entley %al'er# a ma>or satellite oerator in the ?7# has urchased two

i:irect 5.; ubs to exand ser,ices ,ia Eutelsat S'y/o&ic)s teleorts in Turin and Ca&liari# .taly$ The i:irect hubsenable 3entley %al'er to utili@e increased bandwidth caacity on Eutelsat)s Premier % Series Satellites %2# %=and %# to ro,ide extensi,e co,era&e o,er the E(EA re&ion$ i:irect)s latest software release# i:B 2$1 willu&rade 3entley %al'er)s networ' infrastructure to exand its satellite co,era&e and offer new ser,ices to its&rowin& customer base$

ilat Choen to Proie 'roaban Satellite $et6or for Ho.elan Sec/rit! in Aiauly 14# 2010 - 8ilat Satellite 6etwor's /td$ has been chosen to ro,ide broadband satellite networ's forhomeland security alications in Asia$ The networ's are bein& used to deli,er data# ,ideo and ,oice alicationsfor homeland security and border atrol forces in addition to other defense reuirements$ The networ'sincororate a ,ideo sur,eillance alication and ,arious uic'-deloy transortable units$ These include 8ilatDscustomi@ed man-ac' solution which is a ortable communications system that enables the forces to raidlyestablish broadband connecti,ity in the field$ 8ilatDs S'yEd&e and S'yEd&e .. multi-ser,ice latforms enable the

deli,ery of hi&h-uality ,oice# broadband data and ,ideo ser,ices for different en,ironments includin& enterrises#rural networ's# cellular bac'haul and &o,ernment networ' alications$

)ntellian 110 *#+rae E/telat ES Characteriation to Stanar -Cla

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uly 1# 2010 - .ntellian Technolo&ies has u&raded the ES9 characteri@ation of Eutelsat with Standard-( classon its ,110 maritime satellite 9SAT antenna system$ Standard-( class is &ranted to antennas that fully meetEutelsat Earth Station Standard ($ The .ntellian ,110 is a 105 cm 7u-band three-axis stabili@ed 9SAT antennasystem caable of recei,in& SCPC# (CPC# T:(A or Sread Sectrum transmissions$ :esi&ned for ocean,essels in the recreational# commercial or oil and &as mar'et se&ments and military ,essels# the .ntellian ,-Seriesincludes two additional models# the =0 centimeter 24$= inch ,=0 and the 125 centimeter F$F inch ,140$

lobeco.. A6are 3a-'an )nfratr/ct/re Contract al/e at 89:7 illion

uly 15# 2010 - 8lobecomm Systems .nc$ has been awarded an infrastructure contract from a forei&n &o,ernment,alued at GF$ million$ ?nder the terms of the contract# 8lobecomm will desi&n and install multile 7a-bandantennas and related subsystems$ The contract scoe includes a turn'ey "; electronics install for fixed and,ehicle mounted 7a-band terminal systems# monitorin& and control software which will control all subsystems andallow remote monitorin& and control from distant oerational centers and life cycle suort$ The contract will becomleted in :ecember 41# 2011$

)rii/. Exten on+-Ter. (elationhi# 6ith 'oein+uly 21# 2010 - .ridium Communications .nc$ has entered into two comrehensi,e# lon&-term a&reements with The3oein& Comany that redefine the relationshi between the comanies for maintenance# oerations and suortof .ridium)s satellite networ'$ The first a&reement# relatin& to the oeration and maintenance of .ridium)s currentsatellite constellation# transforms an a&reement that .ridium and 3oein& ha,e had in lace for the last ten years$The second a&reement is a new suort ser,ices contract under which 3oein& will become the exclusi,e

oerations and maintenance ro,ider for .ridium)s next-&eneration constellation# .ridium 6EBT$ %ith the entry intothis second a&reement# .ridium will benefit from ha,in& a sin&le oerator durin& the transition from the currentconstellation to .ridium 6EBT$

it/bihi Electric to a/nch a$ HET for to C 'an A.#lifieruly 22# 2010 - (itsubishi Electric Cororation has de,eloed three models of &allium nitride 8a6 hi&h electronmobility transistors E(Ts with 10%# 20% and 0% oututs$ The three models are for / to C band 0$5H= 8@amlifiers# which are incororated into base stations for mobile hones# 9SAT and other transmission euiment$Samle shiments will be&in from Au&ust 2010$ .n (arch 2010# (itsubishi Electric became the first comany inthe world to manufacture 8a6 E(Ts# launchin& four models for C-band sace alications$ E(Ts that use8a6 ha,e hi&her ower density# which hels sa,e ener&y and contributes to ma'in& transmitters more comactand li&htwei&ht# and exanded oeratin& life$

Th/ra!a Hanhel Phone to be Sol at 'ahrain 4/t! ;reeuly 22# 2010 - Thuraya)s mobile satellite hones are now a,ailable in 3ahrain :uty ;ree$ Thuraya is aimin& toser,e tra,elers who are headin& towards 8ulf States ,ia 3ahrain for business# tourism or leisure as it is a ,ital hubfor se,eral 8ulf residents$ !n to of Thuraya)s handhelds ortfolio is BT# the world)s tou&hest and li&htest satellitehandheld hone$ The BT is a uniuely smart handheld with the fastest data ser,ice and has 8PS wayointna,i&ation$ .n addition# Thuraya)s S!-2510 satellite only and S8-2520 a dual satellite+8S( hone also will bea,ailable at 3ahrain :uty ;ree$

)nte+ral S!te. Anno/nce an Orer fro. 4i+itallobeuly 2# 2010 - .nte&ral Systems# .nc$ announced its wholly-owned subsidiary# "T /o&ic# has recei,ed an orderfrom :i&ital8lobe to suly remote hi&h rate data cature systems and TT<C modems to otimi@e distribution of:i&ital8lobeDs satellite ima&ery$ The deli,ery builds uon an initial deloyment of "T /o&ic euiment to:i&ital8lobe that was initiated in 2005$ :i&ital8lobe ori&inally wor'ed with "T /o&ic to desi&n and deloy a

comlete &round system architecture that included hi&h rate data cature systems and command and controlfront-end rocessin&$ The architecture is now bein& exanded with new data cature and TT<C modems toenhance ima&e download caacities from :i&ital8lobeDs %orld9iew-1# %orld9iew-2# and Iuic'3ird satellites$ Thenew systems will suort an antenna bein& installed at the Troll# Antarctica site$ !ther existin& sites at ;airban'sand Prudhoe 3ay# Alas'a and 6orway will also recei,e the new "T /o&ic euiment$

H/+he *neil ro/nbreain+ Airborne ieo Sol/tionuly 2=# 2010 - u&hes 6etwor' Systems has comleted a successful demonstration of its ad,anced airborne,ideo solution to a 'ey &o,ernment a&ency# confirmin& full :-1 ,ideo resolution at air-to-&round user data rates ofo,er 2 (bs$ The u&hes Airborne 9ideo Solution emloys u&hes B router and B Exert6(S# its networ'mana&ement system with a hi&hly intuiti,e and interacti,e interface to otimi@e erformance and roducti,ity$u&hes is buildin& on its commercial a,iation broadband offerin&# thereby facilitatin& adotion of a C!TS-basedsolution by the airborne .ntelli&ence# Sur,eillance and "econnaissance .S" community$ 3T an A'S Si+n a /lti-Tran#oner Conoat A+ree.ent

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uly 2J# 2010 - 7T Cororation 7T and Asia 3roadcast Satellite A3S ha,e si&ned a multi-million dollar deal formultile C- and 7u-band transonders on A3SD satellites# includin& the new A3S-2 satellite scheduled to beoerational by 2014$ This will mar' the third successful transaction between the two or&ani@ations with the earliera&reements for the sale and urchase of two 7oreasat satellites$ A3S-2 will be launched in the Asia Pacific re&ionwith nearly 12 '% of ayload ower and u to a total of acti,e C-band# 7u-band and 7a-band transondersacross F different beams$ A3S-2 is desi&ned for a wide ran&e of ser,ices includin& :T# cable T9 distribution#9SAT ser,ices# data networ's and telecommunications ser,ices$ The satellite will ro,ide exansion caacity toexistin& A3S-1 customers# and will also act as in-orbit sare and ro,ide bac'u for the A3S-1 transonders$

Cobha.< Sea Tel Anno/nce 2010 ;la+hi# 10 Serie Antennauly 2J# 2010 - Cobham SATC!( announced its new Sea Tel BB10 marine stabili@ed antenna# de,eloed toenable bandwidth conscious customers to en>oy the benefits of Always-!n 9SAT networ' in the maritimeen,ironment$ The BB10 series is a li&hter wei&ht# easy-to-install# marine stabili@ed antenna system for broadbandconnecti,ity$ A,ailable in 100cm and 125cm reflector si@es# it is confi&ured to be comatible with all 7u-3andfreuencies$ The BB10 system is fully enabled to wor' with remote mana&ement de,ices to ro,ide remoteaccess# control and mana&ement of the system$ The antenna will also be euied with the Sea Tel stabili@ationsystem# isolatin& the antenna system from shi)s motion$

Thale Selecte b! ala!ia Airline for SATCO Connectiit!uly 1=# 2010 - Thales announced that (alaysia Airlines will install the Thales To;li&ht SATC!( T;S on theirnew order of 3oein& 34)s$ The To;li&ht SATC!( establishes a new le,el of erformance$ The new A".6C

F1 standard of SATC!( continues to suort .nmarsat aero-ser,ices for fli&ht dec' ,oice and data connecti,ity$Thales To;li&ht SATC!( is a,ailable as a line fit otion on 34# 3 assen&er and frei&hter aircraft and iscaable of suortin& standalone coc'it or inte&rated coc'it and cabin solutions$

C-CO (eceie 82:= illion Orer fro. Aiauly 2# 2010 - C-C!( Satellite Systems .nc$ recei,ed a sin&le order ,alued at G2$4 million for its i6et9uK mobileantenna systems from one of its Asian resellers$ The i6et9uK ,ehicle mount antenna systems will be used for anumber of different alications$ The order is exected to be comleted rior to the end of 6o,ember of this year#with initial shiments startin& in Au&ust$

'(OA4CAST)$ $E%S

S! Perfect "SAT Chooe olicon Oberer uly 1# 2010 - 9olicon announced that S7L Perfect SAT Cororation has installed the 9olicon !bser,erK di&itallo&&in& and monitorin& solution$ 3y ro,idin& a continuous lo& of broadcast content across more than 100 S7LPerfect channels# the !bser,er is ensurin& that the networ' maintains comliance with aanese broadcastin&re&ulations$ S7L Perfect has installed se,eral multichannel !bser,er systems to ro,ide an archi,e of allbroadcast content that is stored for at least three months# in comliance with aanese re&ulations$ !erators canaccess the system from an easy-to-use %eb interface to search for# retrie,e# and ,iew secific ,ideo clis uic'lyfor media mentions$

SES %O(4 S3)ES Exten (each 6ith Ho#e Channeluly15# 2010 - SES %!"/: S7.ES si&ned a new lon&-term caacity a&reement to deli,er the oe Channel toaudiences in new mar'ets across the Pacific basin$ The deal mar's the latest milestone in a decade-lon&

distribution alliance between SES %!"/: S7.ES and oe Channel .nc$ As art of the a&reement# theinternational broadcast networ' will utili@e $0 (@ of caacity on SES %!"/: S7.ES) 6SS-J satellite to deli,erhealth# family# youth and insirational ro&rammin& to ,iewers in ;rench Polynesia# 6ew Caledonia and othercountries throu&hout the Pacific !cean "e&ion$

lobeCat A/tralia to 4elier CCT to A/tralian A/iencieuly 1J# 2010 - 8lobeCast Australia announced a carria&e deal to deli,er China)s CCT9 to Australian audiences#,ia the Austar tele,ision latform$ The channel remiered in Australia on uly 22 on Austar Channel =54$ CCT9 isroduced in 3ei>in& and already broadcastin& to about 100 million eole in 12 countries$ .n Aril 2010# S7L6E%S# Australia)s news channel# announced a recirocal ro&rammin& a&reement with CCT9 and secured ana&reement for its ro&rammin& to be broadcast into China# and En&lish-lan&ua&e ro&rammin& from CCT9 to bebroadcast in Australia on a re&ular basis for the first time$

A*$CH > SPACE $E%S

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SS>oral to Proie Co../nication Satellite to H)SPASAT ro/#uly =# 2010 - Sace Systems+/oral SS+/ has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new sacecraft for.SPASAT 8rou$ .SPASAT will use the new satellite# Ama@onas 4 to broadcast and distribute T9 and radioro&rammin& in the Americas and Euroe as well as for deloyin& uni,ersal social ser,ices and cororate fixedand mobile telehone networ's in the re&ions$ Ama@onas 4 is a satellite to relace and exand on Ama@onas 1 at=1 de&rees %est$ The satellite will be caable of oeratin& u to 44 simultaneous 7u-band transonders and 1Jsimultaneous C-band transonders o,er Euroe and 6orth and South America$ Ama@onas 4 is based on theSace Systems+/oral 1400 satellite bus and is scheduled for launch in 2012$

Atri/. an ESA to 4eelo# a/nch ehicle of ;/t/reuly # 2010 - Astrium has been selected by the Euroean Sace A&ency ESA to underta'e initial de,elomentstudies for a 6ext 8eneration /auncher 68/ for future satellite launches$ This 15 month ro>ect has a totalcontractual ,alue of MF$5 million# of which Astrium will contribute M1$5million of its own funds$ The 68/ ro>ect isart of ESA)s ;uture /auncher Prearatory Pro&ram ;/PP# which aims to reare a roosal combinin& all thetechnical and or&ani@ational asects of the ro&ram for resentation at the next ESA ministerial conference$ Thestudy will focus on modular concets caable of co,erin& the intermediate roulsion ower ran&e$

Pre-la/nch Procein+ *ner6a! 6ith T6o Pa!loa for Ariane 5? *#co.in+ a/nchuly F# 2010 - ArianesaceDs third hea,y-lift Ariane 5 ECA launch of 2010 for 6ilesat-201 and "ASC!(-IA;1"has be&un final chec'out in rearation for their lanned Au&ust 4 liftoff from the Saceort in ;rench 8uiana$These sacecraft ha,e comleted the fit-chec' milestones# which ,alidate the comatibility with the adaters that

ser,e as their interface within the Ariane 5Ds dual-ayload Nstac'$N The two satellites were roduced by Thales Alenia Sace# and the fit-chec' acti,ity was erformed with both sacecraft inside the S53 inte&ration hall of theSaceortDs lar&e S5 ayload rearation facility$

)S S/ccef/ll! a/nche EchoStar uly 11# 2010 - .nternational /aunch Ser,ices ./S successfully carried the EchoStar B9 satellite into orbit on an./S Proton for :.S 6etwor' //C# a ay-T9 ro,ider in America$ EchoStar B9 was built by Sace Systems+/oralSS+/ on the 1400 latform# wei&hin& 5#521 '& at searation$ EchoStar B9# located at =1$5 de&rees %est# willro,ide exanded ser,ices# includin& : ro&rammin&# for :.S 6etwor')s more than 1 million :T tele,isionsubscribers$ EchoStar B9 was the 15th SS+/ satellite launched on an ./S Proton$ This was the 45Fth launch forProton since its inau&ural fli&ht in 1J=5# and the =1st ./S Proton launch o,erall$

AiaSat Si+n a/nch A+ree.ent 6ith Sea a/nchuly 12# 2010 - Sea /aunch Comany has entered into an a&reement with Asia Satellite TelecommunicationsComany /imited AsiaSat for the launch of an AsiaSat satellite to &eosynchronous transfer orbit on the Sea/aunch system$ AsiaSat will assi&n the mission at a later date for a launch to be executed between 2012 and201$ .t will be carried out on Sea /aunch)s Oenit-4S/ launch system# from its euatorial launch site at 15de&rees %est$

)S(O Anno/nce the S/ccef/l a/nch of CA(TOSAT-2'uly 12# 2010 - The .ndian Sace "esearch !r&anisation .S"! announced that the Polar Satellite /aunch9ehicle PS/9-C15 successfully launched CA"T!SAT-23 from the Satish :hawan Sace Centre S:SC SA"#Srihari'ota$ The launch of PS/9-C15 was the sixteenth consecuti,e successful fli&ht of PS/9$ PS/9 - C15 in itsfli&ht# in addition to CA"T!SAT-23# carried four auxiliary satellites namely ST?:SAT a ico-satellite wei&hin&less than 1 '&# built >ointly by students from a consortium of se,en en&ineerin& colle&es form 7arnata'a and

 Andhra Pradesh# two nano-satellites 6/S =$1 and 6/S =$2 from ?ni,ersity of Toronto# Canada and A/SAT-2A# amicro-satellite from Al&erian Sace A&ency$

Atri/. an Cico to Ex#lore S#ace-'ae )nternet Protocol (o/tin+uly 15# 2010 - Astrium Ser,ices and Cisco si&ned a Technolo&y Partnershi A&reement to study the alicationsof sace-based routers$ Sace-based routers ha,e the otential to transfer ,ast amounts of data to multile&round based recei,ers in a sin&le ste# eliminatin& the need to ass throu&h teleorts and raidly increasin& theseed of the download rocess$ Astrium and Cisco will initially focus on studyin& the sace based router thatCisco is currently testin& on the .ntelsat 1 satellite and how to best aly Astrium)s communication ser,iceexertise and sohisticated ayload rocessin& caabilities to better suort its customers$ Throu&h this >ointtechnolo&y study# Astrium Ser,ices will loo' to ro,ide a more di,erse ran&e of telecommunication ser,ices inremote areas that reuire raid data transfers$

SS> to 4elier the "oint ent/re Satellite for E/telat an ictATA(uly 15# 2010 - Sace Systems+/oral SS+/ was selected to build the hi&h-erformance satellite for EutelsatCommunications and ictIATA" at the 25$5 de&ree East orbital location$ To enter into ser,ice in early 2014# this

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satellite will ro,ide co,era&e across the (iddle East# 6orth Africa and Central Asia to follow on from EutelsatDsE?"!3.": 2 satellite# which is currently oerated at 25$5 de&rees East$ .n addition to securin& 7u-bandcontinuity for Eutelsat and additional 7u-band resources for ictIATA"# it will initiate a 7a-band caability to oenbusiness oortunities for both arties$ The tele,ision mar'et will in articular benefit from the installed base ofmore than 14 million satellite homes already euied for :T recetion from this nei&hborhood$

EchoStar Si+n A+ree.ent 6ith Sea a/nchuly 22# 2010 Q The Sea /aunch Comany has si&ned an a&reement with a subsidiary of EchoStar Satellite

Ser,ices /CC ro,idin& EchoStar with the ability to launch u to three satellites on the Sea /aunch system$ Sea/aunch exects to launch the satellites usin& the Oenit-4S/ launch ,ehicle Sea /aunch has successfully launchedre,ious EchoStar satellites# includin& EchoStar .B in 2004$

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%TA P/blihe 2010 Eition of Siin+ the Tele#ort aret St/!uly =# 2010 - The %orld Teleort Association %TA ublished the udate to its Si@in& the Teleort (ar'et study$ Accordin& to the reort# Euroe too' first lace for total commercial re,enues in 2010# with 6orth America comin&in a close second$ The stron&est &rowth from 200 to 2010# howe,er# too' lace in "ussia and the 6ewly.ndeendent States 6.S# the (iddle East# /atin America and Africa# where emer&in& mar'et economies areleadin& the world in o,erall economic &rowth$

$S( Ex#ect Satellite 'acha/l Contin/e to 'enefituly 2J# 2010 - 6S")s annual re,iew of the wireless bac'haul ,ia satellite mar'et shows the industry madetremendous &ains from the blisterin& ace of wireless subscriber &rowth in 200J and the first half of 2010$ .n total#6S" ro>ects that satellite bac'haul euiment and ser,ices will &row from an estimated G41=$= million inre,enues in 200J to G5F4$ million by 201J# yieldin& total re,enues of close to G$F billion o,er an 11-year eriod$%ireless 3ac'haul ,ia Satellite# th Edition is a multi-client reort now a,ailable from 6S"$ The reort ro,idesmar'et forecasts for in-ser,ice units# ser,ice re,enues# euiment re,enues# demand by le&acy systems andTS# and re&ional trends$

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E/telat A##oint Anre6 %allace a Chief Co..ercial Officer uly 1# 2010 - Eutelsat Communications has aointed Andrew %allace as Chief Commercial !fficer$ %allace willhead u EutelsatDs o,erall sales and mar'etin& acti,ities$ is role includes leadershi of the 8rouDs infrastructureand 9alue-Added Ser,ices businesses$ Prior to >oinin& Eutelsat# %allaceDs re,ious commercial aointmentsinclude (ar'etin& :irector at Pace P/C# the worldDs lar&est di&ital T9 set-to-box de,eloer# and differentositions at Cable < %ireless# wor'in& on 323 and consumer telecommunications ser,ices$

E/telat Anno/nce A##oint.ent of 4ai 'air a Chief Technical Officer uly 20# 2010 - Eutelsat Communications announced the aointment of :a,id 3air as Chief Technical !fficer$3air >oins Eutelsat from EchoStar Satellite Ser,ices where he was Senior 9ice President of Sace Pro&rams and!erations$ :urin& his tenure# EchoStar instituted a new fli&ht oerations &rou to fly its own satellites# and theEchoStar fleet &rew from fi,e to 1 sacecraft$ Prior to EchoStar# 3airDs trac' record in the satellite industryincludes executi,e osts at /oc'heed (artin Commercial Sace Systems# where he was 9ice President and

Chief En&ineer of commercial sace ro&rams# o,erseein& the inte&ration of /oc'heedDs traditional manufacturin&&rou with its new commercial telecommunications sector$

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