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Eutelsat Extends Agreement With Russian Satellite Communications Company for Satellite Control from the Dubna Satellite Communications Center
PARIS and MOSCOW, September 15, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and the RSCC (Russian
Satellite Communications Company) today announced they have extended the
agreement under which RSCC provides key services to control Eutelsat's
satellites. RSCC manages satellite control activities for Eutelsat from its
Dubna Satellite Communications Center (SCC) near Moscow.
The new five-year contract, which will take effect in September 2012,
was signed in Paris during World Satellite Business Week by Michel de Rosen,
Eutelsat CEO, and Yuri Prokhorov, CEO of RSCC. It extends the collaboration
on satellite control between both companies which began in 1997 when RSCC
was selected by Eutelsat to be a partner in its international ground station
network following an international consultation.
Operations for Eutelsat began in Dubna in 1998. The facilities located
today at RSCC's centre comprise eight antenna systems for simultaneous
monitoring and control of ten Eutelsat satellites in geostationary orbit.
Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO, commented on the new contract: "RSCC
represents a partner with exceptional competence in satellite control
services and we have no hesitation in renewing our longstanding
collaboration. With the significant expansion of our fleet over almost 15
years, and in particular the deployment of satellites further East, the
Dubna facilities have been an important asset for efficient and flexible
operations. We look forward to taking this cooperation to a new level."
"This agreement is clear evidence of how comprehensive, long-term, and
successful the cooperation between two major players on the world satellite
market can be if it is built on mutual understanding and efficient use of
one another's capabilities," said Yuri Prokhorov, RSCC's Chief Executive
Officer. "The RSCC satellite centre's unique geographic location enables it
to monitor satellites in the orbital coverage area from 27 degrees West to
201 degrees East. The experience we have gained in working with Eutelsat has
been successfully applied to similar projects for control and monitoring of
other satellites, including RSCC's own fleet."
About RSCC
Russian Satellite Communications Company is the Russian national
satellite communications operator, whose satellites provide global coverage.
The company was formed in 1967 and is one of the ten largest satellite
operators worldwide in terms of the size of its orbiting frequency
resources. RSCC owns Russia's largest satellite constellation. Areas served
by RSCC satellites, which are in orbit at points from 14degree(s) W to
140degree(s) E, cover all of Russia, the CIS countries, Europe, the Near
East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific Region, North and South America, and
Australia.
As Russia's national satellite communications operator, RSCC handles
important national tasks, supporting mobile presidential and government
communications, transmitting federal TV and radio signals throughout Russia
and most of the world. The company actively participates in implementing
priority national projects. RSCC closely interacts with the Russian state
authorities in the development of information and telecommunications systems
for communications and broadcasting. RSCC provides a full range of
communications and broadcasting services using its own terrestrial equipment
and satellite constellation, including modern Express-AM, Express-MD,
Express-A, and Bonum-1 satellites and some French W4 satellite capacity. The
company's satellites provide extensive capabilities to establish TV and
radio broadcasting including DTH, IPTV, and MPEG-4 services, broadband
Internet access, data transmission, videoconferencing, and deployment of
VSAT networks and departmental and corporative communications networks
worldwide. The company has a modern terrestrial satellite control system,
which it uses to control not only its own satellites, but those of Eutelsat,
Intelsat, and others as well.
The company includes five satellite communications centers (SCC): Dubna,
Bear Lakes, Skolkovo, Zheleznogorsk, Khabarovsk and the Shabolovka Technical
Center in Moscow and its own high-speed optical-fiber digital network.
http://www.rscc.ru
pr@rscc.ru
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234)
is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 27
satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well
as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators
in terms of revenues. At 30 June 2011, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,800 television channels. More than 1,100 channels
broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which
serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East
and North Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed
and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate
networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for
transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary,
Skylogic, markets and operates access to high speed internet services
through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local
communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa,
Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries
employ just over 700 commercial, technical and operational employees from 30
countries.
http://www.eutelsat.com
Source: Eutelsat Communications and RSCC
For further information: Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frédérique Gautier, Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Analysts and Investors, Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com; Léonard Wapler, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 31 07, investors@eutelsat-communications.com
Eutelsat Extends Agreement With Russian Satellite Communications Company for Satellite Control from the Dubna Satellite Communications Center
PARIS and MOSCOW, September 15, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and the RSCC (Russian
Satellite Communications Company) today announced they have extended the
agreement under which RSCC provides key services to control Eutelsat's
satellites. RSCC manages satellite control activities for Eutelsat from its
Dubna Satellite Communications Center (SCC) near Moscow.
The new five-year contract, which will take effect in September 2012,
was signed in Paris during World Satellite Business Week by Michel de Rosen,
Eutelsat CEO, and Yuri Prokhorov, CEO of RSCC. It extends the collaboration
on satellite control between both companies which began in 1997 when RSCC
was selected by Eutelsat to be a partner in its international ground station
network following an international consultation.
Operations for Eutelsat began in Dubna in 1998. The facilities located
today at RSCC's centre comprise eight antenna systems for simultaneous
monitoring and control of ten Eutelsat satellites in geostationary orbit.
Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO, commented on the new contract: "RSCC
represents a partner with exceptional competence in satellite control
services and we have no hesitation in renewing our longstanding
collaboration. With the significant expansion of our fleet over almost 15
years, and in particular the deployment of satellites further East, the
Dubna facilities have been an important asset for efficient and flexible
operations. We look forward to taking this cooperation to a new level."
"This agreement is clear evidence of how comprehensive, long-term, and
successful the cooperation between two major players on the world satellite
market can be if it is built on mutual understanding and efficient use of
one another's capabilities," said Yuri Prokhorov, RSCC's Chief Executive
Officer. "The RSCC satellite centre's unique geographic location enables it
to monitor satellites in the orbital coverage area from 27 degrees West to
201 degrees East. The experience we have gained in working with Eutelsat has
been successfully applied to similar projects for control and monitoring of
other satellites, including RSCC's own fleet."
About RSCC
Russian Satellite Communications Company is the Russian national
satellite communications operator, whose satellites provide global coverage.
The company was formed in 1967 and is one of the ten largest satellite
operators worldwide in terms of the size of its orbiting frequency
resources. RSCC owns Russia's largest satellite constellation. Areas served
by RSCC satellites, which are in orbit at points from 14degree(s) W to
140degree(s) E, cover all of Russia, the CIS countries, Europe, the Near
East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific Region, North and South America, and
Australia.
As Russia's national satellite communications operator, RSCC handles
important national tasks, supporting mobile presidential and government
communications, transmitting federal TV and radio signals throughout Russia
and most of the world. The company actively participates in implementing
priority national projects. RSCC closely interacts with the Russian state
authorities in the development of information and telecommunications systems
for communications and broadcasting. RSCC provides a full range of
communications and broadcasting services using its own terrestrial equipment
and satellite constellation, including modern Express-AM, Express-MD,
Express-A, and Bonum-1 satellites and some French W4 satellite capacity. The
company's satellites provide extensive capabilities to establish TV and
radio broadcasting including DTH, IPTV, and MPEG-4 services, broadband
Internet access, data transmission, videoconferencing, and deployment of
VSAT networks and departmental and corporative communications networks
worldwide. The company has a modern terrestrial satellite control system,
which it uses to control not only its own satellites, but those of Eutelsat,
Intelsat, and others as well.
The company includes five satellite communications centers (SCC): Dubna,
Bear Lakes, Skolkovo, Zheleznogorsk, Khabarovsk and the Shabolovka Technical
Center in Moscow and its own high-speed optical-fiber digital network.
http://www.rscc.ru
pr@rscc.ru
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234)
is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 27
satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well
as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators
in terms of revenues. At 30 June 2011, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,800 television channels. More than 1,100 channels
broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which
serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East
and North Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed
and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate
networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for
transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary,
Skylogic, markets and operates access to high speed internet services
through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local
communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa,
Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries
employ just over 700 commercial, technical and operational employees from 30
countries.
http://www.eutelsat.com
Source: Eutelsat Communications and RSCC
For further information: Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frédérique Gautier, Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Analysts and Investors, Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com; Léonard Wapler, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 31 07, investors@eutelsat-communications.com