The choice made by Hispasat for the building of the satellite Amazonas is an acknowledgment of EADS technologies competitiveness in the spatial field
Amsterdam, 07 January 2002
EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company welcomes the choice made by Hispasat, first operator of satellite communications in the Hispanic and Portuguese-speaking world, to entrust it's subsidiary Astrium with the building of the Amazonas satellite.
"In a difficult space market, it is a very good news. It is also the acknowledgment of the performances of our technologies for the new generation satellites and the proof of our competitiveness on the field of space activities ", declared Philippe Camus and Rainer Hertrich, EADS'S CEOS.
Intended to cover Brazil, South America and the South of the United States, Amazonas is a big satellite of the category of 7 tons. It is also the seventh Eurostar 3000 platform of Astrium. The launch of the first satellite of this generation, Intelsat 10, is foreseen towards the end of year 2002.
EADS is the largest European aerospace company and No. 2 worldwide. Astrium, leader in European space industry, is an EADS joint company with BAE SYSTEMS.
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EADS Corporate Communications
Rainer Ohler
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Miguel Sanchez
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