Wave Issue 0512 3/25/05 Article 3-01

***AMC-12 Successfully Completes IOT; First-of-Its-Kind Satellite
Slated for Commercial Operations in Early April

PRINCETON, N.J.
March 21, 2005

SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company, announced that the AMERICOM-
12 (AMC-12) satellite that was launched on February 3, 2005, has
successfully completed a full battery of in-orbit-tests and is
now being drifted into its 37.5 degrees West orbital location.
The large, high-powered, C-band satellite, the first operating
Spacebus 4000, is scheduled to begin commercial service by April
8, 2005.

As operations on the new spacecraft get underway, three regional
operators are implementing discrete marketing plans specially
developed for the satellite. SES AMERICOM will be offering AMC-12
capacity to interconnect the U.S. with Europe/Middle East/Africa
and with South America, as well as to deliver services throughout
Latin America. SES ASTRA has branded its 33 AMC-12 transponders
offering services into Africa as "ASTRA 4A". And, Star One has
purchased 18 transponders on the new satellite to expand its
services portfolio within South America and will integrate the
capacity into their fleet as "Star One C-12".

AMC-12 Satellite

Built by Alcatel Space, the Spacebus 4000 spacecraft, the first
of this generation platform, has been prepared for service at the
37.5 degrees West longitude orbital position. AMC-12 is a high-
powered C-band satellite with seventy-two 36 MHz transponders
organized into three regional beams: North America, South America
and Europe/Middle East/Africa. The satellite's advanced design
and high power levels ... from 67 watts in Europe/Middle
East/Africa and South America to 33 watts in North America ...
will support a wide range of applications from TV broadcasting to
high-speed internet connections, facilitating reception and
higher data throughput to smaller C-band antennas. AMC-12's
extensive coverage reaches from the U.S. to the eastern reaches
of the Mediterranean, and from Cape Town, South Africa to Lima,
Peru. For additional flexibility and reach, the three beams may
be interconnected through on-board switching on an individual
transponder basis.

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