KeithLINY
03-26-03, 05:13 PM
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030326/265637_1.html
SES AMERICOM, Inc., an SES GLOBAL Company (Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchange:SESG) and U.S.-based satellite operator, announced today a multi-year service agreement to provide satellite capacity to EchoStar Communications Corporation (DISH) on AMERICOM's AMC-15 satellite, a new satellite currently under construction. EchoStar plans to utilize this capacity to seek ways to offer a combination of satellite TV programming bundled with satellite-delivered, high-speed Internet services.
AMC-15 is a Ku/Ka-band hybrid satellite being built for AMERICOM by Lockheed Martin and is based on the highly reliable A2100 spacecraft platform. AMC-15 is planned for launch to the in-orbit location of 105 degrees West Longitude in the third quarter of 2004. When fully operational, the satellite will feature 24 - 36 MHz Ku-band transponders, 12 - 125 MHz Ka-band spot beams and the highest levels of redundancy on core components such as amplifiers, receivers, commanding beam and computer control systems. Until AMC-15 becomes operational, EchoStar plans to begin testing using interim capacity from AMERICOM.
SES AMERICOM, Inc., an SES GLOBAL Company (Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchange:SESG) and U.S.-based satellite operator, announced today a multi-year service agreement to provide satellite capacity to EchoStar Communications Corporation (DISH) on AMERICOM's AMC-15 satellite, a new satellite currently under construction. EchoStar plans to utilize this capacity to seek ways to offer a combination of satellite TV programming bundled with satellite-delivered, high-speed Internet services.
AMC-15 is a Ku/Ka-band hybrid satellite being built for AMERICOM by Lockheed Martin and is based on the highly reliable A2100 spacecraft platform. AMC-15 is planned for launch to the in-orbit location of 105 degrees West Longitude in the third quarter of 2004. When fully operational, the satellite will feature 24 - 36 MHz Ku-band transponders, 12 - 125 MHz Ka-band spot beams and the highest levels of redundancy on core components such as amplifiers, receivers, commanding beam and computer control systems. Until AMC-15 becomes operational, EchoStar plans to begin testing using interim capacity from AMERICOM.