SES Americom release
AMC-12 Successfully Completes IOT
First-of-its-kind satellite slated for commercial operations in early April
March 21, 2005 – Princeton, NJ – SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company
(Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges: SESG), announced today
that the AMERICOM-12 (AMC-12) satellite that was launched on February 3,
2005, has successfully completed a full battery of in-orbit-tests and is
now being drifted into its 37.5 degrees West orbital location. The
large, high-powered, C-band satellite, the first operating Spacebus
4000, is scheduled to begin commercial service by April 8, 2005.
As operations on the new spacecraft get underway, three regional
operators are implementing discrete marketing plans specially developed
for the satellite. SES AMERICOM will be offering AMC-12 capacity to
interconnect the U.S. with Europe/Middle East/Africa and with South
America, as well as to deliver services throughout Latin America. SES
ASTRA has branded its 33 AMC-12 transponders offering services into
Africa as “ASTRA 4A” (see ASTRA’s Skyvision release of March 21). And,
Star One has purchased 18 transponders on the new satellite to expand
its services portfolio within South America and will integrate the
capacity into their fleet as “Star One C-12”.
Dany Harel, SES AMERICOM’s Vice President of Space Systems and
Operations, said, “The IOT has been remarkably smooth and we have every
confidence that for the next 15 years AMC-12 will deliver the strongest
available C-band signals into Africa, Middle East and Europe and
throughout the Americas, satisfying the needs of broadcasters, fixed and
mobile data and telecommunications networks, and ISPs. AMC-12 bears the
distinctive attributes of an AMERICOM-specified spacecraft with high
levels of redundancy in critical infrastructure and subsystems; Alcatel
delivered a great next generation satellite.”
Edson Soffiatti, Star One President, said, “Star One C-12 transponders
will allow us to address the international coverage our customers are
demanding. In addition, this capacity will provide the necessary
protection to our fleet while we replace Brasilsat B1 and B2 with the
new birds Star One C1 and C2.”
AMC-12 Satellite
Built by Alcatel Space, the Spacebus 4000 spacecraft, the first of this
generation platform, has been prepared for service at the 37.5 degrees
West longitude orbital position. AMC-12 is a high-powered C-band
satellite with seventy-two 36 MHz transponders organized into three
regional beams: North America, South America and Europe/Middle
East/Africa. The satellite’s advanced design and high power levels …
from 67 watts in Europe/Middle East/Africa and South America to 33 watts
in North America … will support a wide range of applications from TV
broadcasting to high-speed internet connections, facilitating reception
and higher data throughput to smaller C-band antennas. AMC-12’s
extensive coverage reaches from the U.S. to the eastern reaches of the
Mediterranean, and from Cape Town, South Africa to Lima, Peru. For
additional flexibility and reach, the three beams may be interconnected
through on-board switching on an individual transponder basis.
About SES AMERICOM
The largest supplier of satellite services in the Americas, SES
AMERICOM, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer of global satellite
communications services. Established in 1973 with its first satellite
circuit for the U.S. Department of Defense, the company currently
operates a fleet of 16 spacecraft in orbital positions predominantly
providing service throughout the Americas. As a member of the SES GLOBAL
family, SES AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications
solutions to any region in the world. In 2001, the company established
AMERICOM Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to
providing satellite-based communications solutions to both civilian and
defense agencies of the U.S. government. With its combined operations,
SES AMERICOM serves broadcasters, cable programmers, aeronautical and
maritime communications integrators, Internet service providers, mobile
communications networks, government agencies, educational institutions,
carriers and secure global data networks with efficient communication
and content distribution solutions.
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