New Skies
Satellites N.V. (AEX, NYSE: NSK), the global satellite communications
company, today announced that the new NSS-6 pan-Asian satellite is
ready for launch from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French
Guiana.
NSS-6 is scheduled to lift off aboard an Ariane 44L rocket tonight
at 8:04 P.M. local Kourou time (6:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time; 12:04
A.M. on December 18 Central European Time). The launch can be viewed
lived on New Skies’ web site at www.newskies.com.
Journalists and broadcasters may request additional information as
well as video footage and photos of the launch by contacting:
About NSS-6
NSS-6 is an A2100AX model satellite built by Lockheed Martin
Commercial Space Systems and is equipped with 60 36 MHz-equivalent
Ku-band transponders. From the prime orbital slot at 95 degrees east
longitude over Asia, NSS-6’s six broad Ku-band beams will offer
coverage of India, China, the Middle East (including Cyprus and
Southern Africa), Australia, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. The
comprehensive, high-power Ku-band coverage of NSS-6 and New Skies’
complementary in-orbit global fleet allow for video, data, Internet
and other broadband transmissions throughout Asia, while also offering
seamless connectivity between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
About New Skies Satellites
New Skies Satellites (AEX, NYSE: NSK) is one of only four fixed
satellite communications companies with truly global satellite
coverage, offering video, voice, data and Internet communications
services to a range of telecommunications carriers, broadcasters,
large corporations and Internet service providers around the world.
New Skies has five satellites in geosynchronous orbit and ground
facilities around the world. In addition to NSS-6, the company has
another spacecraft under construction, which is planned to serve the
Americas from a new orbital location and the company has secured
certain rights to make use of additional orbital positions, including
four serving the Americas. New Skies is headquartered in The Hague,
The Netherlands, and has offices in Beijing, London, Johannesburg, New
Delhi, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. Additional
information is available at: www.newskies.com.
