Paris, 3 December 2010

Eutelsat Communications announced that Thales Alenia Space has been commissioned to build the W3D satellite that will replace the W3B spacecraft lost after its launch on October 28. The delivery schedule of the new satellite has been fixed to 24 months, enabling Eutelsat to plan for commercial availability from early 2013.

More info: http://www.eutelsat.com/news/compress/en/2010/html/PR%205410%20W3D/PR%205410%20W3D.html