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Khrunichev Center Signs New Contract For Proton-M Launches
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 01, 2008 Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Center signed an international contract on Wednesday to orbit a satellite for the United Arab Emirates, a spokesman for the company said. Under the contract, the UAE's Yahsat satellite will be orbited by means of a Proton-M carrier rocket. Proton-M launch services are provided by Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services (ILS), owned by the Khrunichev Center, RSC Energia, and U.S. firm Space Transport Inc. The company received $1.5 billion in new launch orders in 2007. The contract was signed by ILS, France's Thales Alenia Space, and the UAE's Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat). In August 2007, Thales Alenia Space and Astrium, an aerospace subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), signed a contract to build Yahsat, a communications system that will involve the creation of two multipurpose satellites on the basis of the Astrium Eurostar 3000 platform. Yahsat will provide communications services to state and commercial organizations of the Middle East, Africa, European and southwestern Asia.
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ILS To Launch Yahsat Satellite On Proton
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Jan 31, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States, Thales Alenia Space of France and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates has announced an agreement to launch a Yahsat spacecraft on a Proton Breeze M vehicle. A European consortium of Thales Alenia Space and Astrium was contracted in August 2007 for the overall Yahsat communication system and is building two large Yahsat multipurpose satellites based on the Astrium Eurostar 3000 bus. |
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