Alcatel, Loral form strategic partnership to develop Europe*Star satellite broadcast system

17 Jun 2002

Alcatel Alsthom and Loral Space & Communications have announced that they will jointly build and operate Europe*Star, a multiple geostationary satellite system which will provide broadcast and telecommunications services to most of the Eastern Hemisphere. The three-satellite Europe*Star system will be the first Ku-band satellite system to connect Europe and Asia in a single hop. Under the agreement Loral will build the bus and test and integrate the satellites while Alcatel Espace will serve as the prime contractor and will provide the payload.