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Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 4 Begins Commercial Service
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 05, 2006 Eutelsat Communications announced Tuesday its Atlantic Bird 4 satellite has gone into full commercial service at 7 degrees west longitude. Operating since 1998 as Hot Bird 4 from Eutelsat's geostationary neighborhood, the newly branded Atlantic Bird 4 was freed to initiate its new mission at 7 degrees west with the transfer on April 22 of broadcast clients to Hot Bird 7A. Designed for consumer broadcasting, Eutelsat has optimized the satellite's high-power footprint to serve the Middle East and North Africa, enabling direct-to-home reception of digital services with domestic antennas aligned to the proper geostationary coordinates. Atlantic Bird 4's commercial entry into service triggers the contract for capacity announced in September 2005 with Nilesat, the Egyptian satellite operator. Nilesat's capacity on Atlantic Bird 4 equips it to boost development in dynamic broadcasting markets in the Middle East and North Africa in complement to the more than 300 television channels it already delivers through its Nilesat 101 and 102 satellites, also positioned at 7 degrees west. Atlantic Bird 4 already has begun broadcasting its first 18 channels. Capacity leased on the satellite by Noorsat, the Bahrain-based provider of capacity and video services, is expected to be activated for television broadcasting soon. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Eutelsat Communications The latest information about the Commercial Satellite Industry
Putin Wants More Russian Satellites In Space
Moscow (AFP) Jul 04, 2006President Vladimir Putin called Monday for more Russian satellites to be launched into orbit as part of a space development strategy bewteen now and 2015. His comments came at a government strategy meeting in Moscow where Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said it was necessary to improve the quality of new laucnhers and satellites and that Russia's space programme should focus on the "quality and not the number" of satellites. |
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