[Satellite Today 05-21-09] The Ku-band and C-band missions of Eutelsat’s W2A satellite have now entered into full commercial service, Eutelsat announced May 19.
    Operations for the W2A satellite, launched on April 3 and placed at Eutelsat’s 10 degrees East position, were coordinated by Eutelsat’s satellite control center at its Rambouillet teleport facilities.
    Eutelsat said its W2A capacity boost has lead to new multi-year contracts with several clients, including France Telecom, for long-distance services between Europe and Africa, and LR Group, which has contracted for three 72 MHz transponders for enterprise communications and for connecting fixed and mobile telephony networks in Angola.