Arabsat Buys Two New Control Centers

EADS Astrium won a contract from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat to provide a satellite control center for the Arabsat-4A and Arabsat-4B satellites. Terms of the deal, whose value has not been disclosed, have EADS designing, integrating, validating, installing and deploying the center on Arabsat sites in Dirab, Saudi Arabia and in Tunis, Tunisia.