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Ariane
Successfully Launches
Europe*Star 1
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An
Ariane 44LP launched Europe*Star 1 from Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG),
Kourou, pad ELA 2, at 0559 UTC (10:59 p.m. PDT, October 28) on
October 29. The telecommunication satellite is for  Europe*Star
UK Limited. Europe*Star 1 will be positioned at 45°E
to provide video and telecommunications transmission services for
Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent
and South East Asia. This launch is the 100th flight of
an Ariane 4.
 Alcatel
Space Industries was the prime contractor and provided the payload
package. Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, California, supplied the
LS 1300 satellite bus. The 4167
kg (9167 lbm) Europe*Star 1 is equipped with  30
Ku-band transponders. The satellite will operate in the Ku-band
(Downlink 11.45-11.7 /12.5-12.75 GHz Uplink 14.0-14.5 GHz). The
satellite is designed to have a 15 year lifetime, having 9.6kW
power at end-of-life.
Europe*Star
1 originally arrived at the Ariane spaceport to prepare for a
launch on Flight 133. However, Europe*Star 1 was removed from that
flight and replaced by NSAT 110, due to an undisclosed payload
problem. To maintain its ITU license registry, it may be necessary
for the satellite to be in its orbital position by October 29.
Europe*Star
UK Ltd, London, is a joint venture between Alcatel SpaceCom and
Loral Space & Communications, with interest held by the Dr.
Schülte Hillen Group of Germany. It was established to market a
complete range of telecommunications and data transmission
satellite services, including video transmission, direct-to-home (DTH)
TV broad-casting, Internet access and rural telephony. Recently, a
new joint venture satellite company,  Stellat,
was formed between Europe*Star (30%) and France Telecom (70%) to
provide broadband capacity services over Europe, the Middle East
and Africa with connection to the U.S. east coast.
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