PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Arianespace has been selected to launch
Globalstar Inc's second generation constellation of telecommunications
satellites, comprising 24 satellites, in 2009, said the CEO of the European
space services company, Jean-Yves Le Gall.
The satellites will be put into orbit using Russian Soyuz rockets from
Arianespace's base in French Guyana.
EADS has a 28.6 pct stake in Arianespace.
Globalstar Inc's first generation satellites, providing telephone
communication and data transmission services to companies, government agencies
and private individuals were launched in 1999 from Baikonur by Arianespace's
Russian affiliate.
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