Boeing-Built ASTRA 2C Satellite to Launch.Business/News Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2001 ASTRA ASTRA Ancient Instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application ASTRA Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group ASTRA Arab Supply and Trading Corporation ASTRA Automatic System for Transport Analysis ASTRA Automatic Satellite Tracking Research Antenna 2C, a Boeing 601HP spacecraft built for Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES), is scheduled to launch on June 16, 2001. The satellite will be launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on a Proton rocket provided by International Launch Services International Launch Services (or ILS) was formed in 1995 as a private spaceflight partnership between the United States defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LM) (LM sold their part later) and the Russian firms Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and RSC (ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). The launch is scheduled for 7:49 a.m. at the Baikonur launch site, (1:49 a.m. GMT; 6:49 p.m. PDT on June 15.) Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS See 802.11. BSS - Block Started by Symbol ) is a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA). "Boeing Satellite Systems is proud of its longstanding relationship with SES," said Randy Brinkley, president of BSS. "Our relationship with SES started in 1993 with the successful launch of the company's first Boeing 601 satellite. Since then, we have built a total of nine satellites for SES, with ASTRA 2D, SES' first Boeing 376 satellite model, launched just six months ago. We are also under contract for ASTRA 3A, a second Boeing 376 satellite, with its launch scheduled for early 2002." The 8,500-watt ASTRA 2C satellite carries 40 Ku-band transponders, each with 98.5-w minimum traveling wave tube amplifiers. At beginning of satellite life, 32 transponders will be operational, with 28 at end of life. The unique, flexible payload design of ASTRA 2C enables SES to operate 32 channels at a given time, selectable from a total of 56 channels possible. This design enables SES to adjust its payload configuration throughout the life of the satellite in order to meet customer transponder requirements. The spacecraft will provide pan-European coverage from SES' orbital slots at 19.2 or 28.2 degrees East longitude. At launch, the satellite will weigh 8,029 pounds (3,643 kilograms). Once deployed in orbit, the spacecraft will measure 85 feet in length and 33 feet in width. The SES Group operates a satellite services network providing seamless broadband communications spanning four continents. Based in Luxembourg, Societe Europeenne des Satellites S.A. (Luxembourg Stock Exchange The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (French: Bourse de Luxembourg) is a stock exchange based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. : SES) (Frankfurt Exchange: SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line ) is the operator of ASTRA, Europe's leading direct-to-home Satellite System, and a strategic shareholder in premier satellite operations like AsiaSat (34.10%), NSAB NSAB National Security Advisory Board (India) NSAB Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Arztebund (German: National Socialist German Doctors' Association) NSAB Nova Scotia Animal Breeders in Scandinavia (50%), and Star One in Latin America (19.99%). BSS is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites and a major provider of space systems, satellites, and payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications. The Boeing Company, with headquarters in Seattle, is the largest aerospace company in the world and the United States leading exporter. It is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, and the largest NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. contractor. The company's capabilities in aerospace also include rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, rocket engines, launch vehicles, and advanced information and communication systems. The company has an extensive global reach with customers in 145 countries and manufacturing operations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. NOTE TO EDITORS: Live video of the launch will be carried on the Telstar 5C satellite, transponder 23. You are welcome to use the feed in your news broadcasts. NOTE: Photos are available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.061101/bb12 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.061101/bb12a |
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