FCC authorizes Worldspace subsidiary to launch AfriStar-2 satellite.(TOP NEWS)

Wireless Satellite and Broadcasting Newsletter, January, 2006

AfriStar-2 to provide digital satellite radio services to Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Worldspace Satellite Radio, one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, received authorization from the Federal Communications Commission for its satellite operating subsidiary, AfriSpace, to launch and operate the AfriStar-2 satellite.

The AfriStar-2 satellite is already constructed and is currently in storage in Toulouse, France. It is intended that, at the time AfriStar-2 is launched, it will be inserted into geosynchronous orbit at 21 degrees East Longitude.

The satellite will be co-located with AfriStar-1, which has sufficient capacity to serve at least one linguistic market in Western Europe. AfriStar-2 will allow Worldspace...

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