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Hispasat Hires Arianespace To Launch Comms Satellite On Ariane 5 Late Next Year

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Hispasat selected Arianespace to launch a new communications satellite, Hispasat 1E, Arianespace announced. It was the first contract of 2009 signed by Arianespace. Hispasat 1E will be launched by an Ariane 5 at the end of 2010 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be built by Space Systems/Loral using an LS 1300 platform. Weighing about 5,270 kg (5.809 tons) at launch, it will be fitted with 53 active Ku-band transponders. This powerful…

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