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Alcatel signs a new contract for Express AM33 and AM44 payload modules ALCATEL NEWS RELEASE Posted: September 20, 2004 Alcatel has announced the signature of a new contract with the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) to develop and deliver the payloads for the Express AM33 and AM44 communications satellites. The two payloads - electronic equipment which specifies the satellite mission - will be manufactured in Alcatel Space's Toulouse plant and then integrated into "Express-AM" platforms produced by NPO- PM in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The contract has been signed in Russia in the presence of the French Minister of Finance, Nicolas Sarkozy, Alcatel's President and Chief Executive Officer, Serge Tchuruk and the General Director of RSCC, Youri D. Ismailov. The new Russian Express AM33 and AM44 communications satellites will carry C-band transponders, Ku-band transponders and L-band transponders. The spacecraft are designed to provide digital TV and radio broadcasting, telephony, data transmission channels, videoconferencing services and Internet access. The satellites will be also used to deploy communication networks by applying VSAT technology across the territory of Russia, CIS countries, Europe, Asia and Africa. Alcatel Space has extensive experience in the development of Russian spacecraft equipment. Today three RSCC "Express-A" satellites (A1R, A2, A3) and the new Russian Express AM11 and AM22 communications satellites are equipped with the payloads produced by Alcatel Space. Lastly, Alcatel Space has delivered in August the Express AM2 satellite payload and AM3 is currently shipped from Alcatel Space facility in Cannes to NPO-PM factory in the same time this contract for the AM 33 & 44 payloads is signed in Moscow. During the contract signing ceremony in the Hotel President, Serge Tchuruk said: "This latest contract confirms our position as a reference partner to the Russian Space industry for communications satellites. At the end of this program, we shall have delivered eleven payloads to NPO-PM for Russian and European telecommunication space programs." Alcatel Space and industrial collaboration policy with Russia started in the mid-1990s with Sesat satellite construction for Eutelsat in cooperation with our NPO-PM partners. Alcatel Space, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcatel, is a global leader for satellite solutions. Deploying extensive dual expertise in civil and military applications, Alcatel Space develops complete system solutions for telecommunications, navigation, environment and risk management, radar and optical observation, meteorology and scientific satellites. It is also the leading European prime contractor for ground segments in earth observation, meteorology and navigation systems, as well as space system operation. For more information, visit the Alcatel Space web site: www.alcatel.com/space Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or to their employees. Alcatel leverages its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and services to bring value to its customers in the framework of a broadband world. With sales of EURO 12.5 billion in 2003, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. |
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