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Article: HELLAS SAT Successfully Takes Control of Its Satellite after 16 Months of Smooth Operations By SES ASTRA.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 9, 2004
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ATHENS, Greece and BETZDORF, Luxembourg -- SES ASTRA's TechCom unit (SES ASTRA is an SES GLOBAL company (FWB:SESG)(EURONEXT:SESG)(LuxX:SESG)), and HELLAS SAT S.A. are pleased to announce that the control of the Hellas-Sat 2 satellite has been successfully handed-over from the SES ASTRA control center in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, to the HELLAS SAT control center in Athens, Greece.
SES ASTRA had been contracted by HELLAS SAT on 30th April 2003, to provide satellite control services for the Hellas-Sat 2 satellite, launched on 12th May 2003, after completion of its launch and early-orbit phase. For a period of 16 months since 20th June 2003, SES ASTRA's TechCom unit had ...