EAUTELSAT II: The Birth Of A New Generation
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D. Roberts, H. Smith. (1991), JBIS, 44, pp.19-28
Refcode: 1991.44.19
Abstract:
EUTELSAT II F-1, the first of the planned six second generation EUTELSAT communications satellites, was successfully launched by Ariane4on August 30th 1990. This marks the birth
of a new generation of satellites which will provide EUTELSAT’s customers with both:
(1) continuity throughout the 1990s of services currently provided via EUTELSAT I satellites (the first generation of’ European Communications Satellite, ECS) and
(2) expansion of services, via the increased communications capacity of each new satellite.