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Alcatel Alenia Space-built Syracuse 3A Successfully Launched

The successful launch of Flight 168, an Ariane 5G with a double payload, took place on Thursday 13 October 2005 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (early Friday morning 14 October 2005 CEST). Credits: ESA - CNES - Arianespace/SOV.

 Paris (SPX) Oct 17, 2005
 Alcatel Alenia Space applauds the successful launch of the next-generation military communications satellite Syracuse 3A. The satellite was launched by an Ariane 5 rocket during the night of October 13th to 14th, 2005 at 00:32 am (Paris time) from the Guyana Space Center, in Kourou.

This satellite was built by Alcatel Alenia Space, for French defense procurement agency DGA.With Syracuse 3A, France will be the first country in Europe to deploy a new generation of military telecom satellites.

Alcatel Alenia Space chairman and CEO Pascale Sourisse, who was very pleased with this successful launch, noted: "We are very proud to have built this first next-generation military communications satellite that will enable the military's transmission capacity to be increased by a factor or ten. It will provide an unprecedent resistance to interferences as well as a very flexible usage."

She added: "This success confirms our European leadership position in defense and security space systems, with a strong presence not only in military communications but also in observation and intelligence as well as in navigation and positioning."

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