ESTIMATING SATELLITE DELIVERIES BASED ON HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE
VOL. 3 - EUROPE, AFRICA & INTERNATIONAL

Published: 2001 by the Communications Center.

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This volume describes the time it took to build, test and launch over 90 satellites that provide service in Europe, Africa and International.

The report description given for volume one provides a general overview for volumes one through three.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION 

2.0 METHODOLOGY

3.0 EUROPEAN SYSTEMS

3.1 Amos

3.2 Astra
        3.2.1 Astra 1A & 1B
        3.2.2 Astra 1C & 1D
        3.2.3 Astra 1E & 1F
        3.2.4 Astra 1G, 1H & 2A
        3.2.5 Astra 2B

3.3 EUTELSAT (The European Telecommunications Satellite Organization)
        3.3.1 Eutelsat I Series
        3.3.2 Eutelsat 2 Series
            3.3.2.1 Eutelsat II-F1 (IIA)
            3.3.2.2 Eutelsat II-F2
            3.3.2.3 Eutelsat II-F3
            3.3.2.4 Eutelsat II-F4
            3.3.2.5 Eutelsat II-F5
            3.3.2.6 Eutelsat II-F6
        3.3.3 Hot Bird
            3.3.3.1 Hot Bird 1 (Eutelsat II-F6)
            3.3.3.2 Hot Bird 2
            3.3.3.3 Hot Bird 3
            3.3.3.4 Hot Bird 4
            3.3.3.5 Hot Bird 5
        3.3.4 Eutelsat W Series
            3.3.4.1 Eutelsat W1
            3.3.4.2 Eutelsat W1R (Ressat)
            3.3.4.3 Eutelsat W2
            3.3.4.4 Eutelsat W3
            3.3.4.5 Eutelsat W4
    3.3.5 SESAT
    3.3.6 DFS-2
    3.3.7 Telecom 2

3.4 Eurasiasat and Turksat
    3.4.1 Turksat
    3.4.2 Eurasiasat

3.5 Europe*Star

3.6 Hispasat
    3.6.1 Hispasat 1A & 1B
    3.6.2 Hispasat 1C

3.7 Italsat

3.8 Sirius
    3.8.1 Sirius 1 (Marcopolo-1)
    3.8.2 Sirius-2/GE 1E
    3.8.3 Sirius-3
    3.8.4 Tele-X

3.9 Thor
    3.9.1 Thor-1 (Marcopolo-2)
    3.9.2 TV-Sat-2
    3.9.3 Thor-2
    3.9.4 Thor-3

4.0 INTERNATIONAL

4.1 GE Americom
    4.1.1 GE-1E
    4.1.2 GE-1A

4.2 INTELSAT and New Skies Satellites
    4.2.1 INTELSAT 6 Series
    4.2.2 INTELSAT 7 Series
    4.2.3 INTELSAT 7A
    4.2.4 INTELSAT 8 & 8A (Including NSS-803 & 806)
    4.2.5 New Skies' NSS-K

4.3 Loral Skynet
    4.3.1 Orion F1 (Telstar 11)
    4.3.2 Orion 2 (Telstar 12)
    4.3.3 Orion AP-1
    4.3.4 Telstar 13 (Apstar 2R)

4.4 PanAmSat
    4.4.1 PAS-1
    4.4.2 PAS-2
    4.4.3 PAS-3
    4.4.4 PAS-4
    4.4.5 PAS-3R
    4.4.6 PAS-5
    4.4.7 PAS-6
    4.4.8 PAS-7
    4.4.9 PAS-8
    4.4.10 PAS-6B
    4.4.11 PAS-9
    4.4.12 PAS-1R

5.0 AFRICA

5.1 Arabsat

5.2 Nilesat

6.0 COMPARISONS
    6.1 Influence Of The Date Of The Order Placement
    6.2 Influence Of The Launch Date On Delivery
    6.3 Complexity Vs. Delivery Time
    6.4 Influence Of Launch Mass On Delivery
    6.5 Influence Of Total Power
    6.6 Individual Manufacturer  Deliveries

7.0 APPENDIX- ITU DUE DILIGENCE FORMS

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

Figure 4.2.1-1  INTELSAT VI
Figure 4.2.2-1  INTELSAT VII Procurement Schedule
Figure 6.1-1  Influence Of Order Date On Delivery Time
Figure 6.2-1  Delivery Times To A Launch Year
Figure 6.3-1  Influence Of The Number Of Transponder On Delivery Times
Figure 6.4-1  Effect Of Mass On Delivery
Figure 6.5-1  Influence Of Total RF Power On Delivery
Figure 6.5-2  Influence Of DC Power On Delivery Times
Figure 6.6-1  Boeing's Delivery Record
Figure 6.6-2  Lockheed Martin's Delivery Record
Figure 6.6-3 Alcatel's Delivery Record
Figure 6.6-4 Astrium's, Alenia's and IAI's Delivery Record
Figure 7-1 Due Diligence Form

Table 3.2.1-1  Astra 1A Modifications
Table 3.2.1-2  Astra 1B Modifications
Table 3.2-1  The Astra Fleet
Table 3.3.1-1  The Eutelsat-1 Series
Table 3.3.2-1  Current Eutelsat Satellites
Table 3.5-1  Europe*Star Characteristics
Table 3.7-1 Italsat-1 Dates
Table 3.7-2  Major Suppliers of Italsat Components
Table 3.8.4-1 Eurosatellite Broadcasting TV Satellites
Table 4.1.2-1  GE-1A Configuration
Table 4.2.1-1  INTELSAT VI LAUNCHES
Table 4.2.1-2  Time Between INTELSAT VI Launches
Table 4.2.2-2  INTELSAT VII Procurement Schedules
Table 4.2.2-3  Launch Data for INTELSAT VII
Table 4.2.2-4 INTELSAT VII Delivery and Gap Times
Table 4.2.3-1 Satellite Characteristics
Table 4.2.3-2  INTELSAT VII & VII A Costs
Table 4.2.3-3  INTELSAT VII A Dates
Table 4.2.4-1  INTELSAT VIII & VIII A Record
Table 4.2.4-2  INTELSAT VIII & VIIIA Total Costs
Table 4.2.5-1  Comparison of Satcom K4 and NSS-K
Table 4.2.5-2  Cost Comparison
Table 5.2-1  Nilesat Bidders
Table 5.2-2  Nilesat Delivery Times
Table 6.6-1  Typical Delivery Schedules

Related Satellite Delivery Reports
  Vol.1 The Americas
  Vol.2 Asia/Middle East
  Vol.3 Europe/Africa/Intl.
  Vol.4 Manufacturer

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