Eutelsat has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch in mid-November 2009 of the W7 satellite on an ILS Proton. Although originally scheduled for launch by Sea Launch, the decision to launch with ILS and Khrunichev was taken on the basis of their commitment to meeting Eutelsat’s critical timeframe to launch W7 in mid-November. W7 will be collocated with W4 at 36 degrees East and through a configurationof70 transponders, the new satellite will provide cover-age of Russia, sub-Saharan Africa and central Asia. W7 will also assume all traffic on the SESAT1 satellite that is currently positioned at 36 degrees East.
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