1998

15.12.1998

ASTRA 1A CONTRACTS RENEWED FOR TEN YEARS

15.12.1998

SES TO DEVELOP INTERACTIVE SATELLITE RETURN CHANNEL SES awards contract for Network Hub and Satellite Interactive Terminals (SITs) to NORTEL NETWORKS, PHILIPS, SPAR AEROSPACE and NORTEL-DASA for Turnkey Interactive Satellite Communications System

10.12.1998

SES/ASTRA TAKES 34.13% ASIASAT STAKE AND ENTERS INTO SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT WITH CITIC

24.11.1998

MORE CHANNELS TO JOIN ASTRA DIGITAL LINE-UP AT 28.2° EAST SES offering second UK multiplex

15.11.1998

SES SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH TP S.A. ASTRA MARKETING POLSKA ESTABLISHED IN POLAND

28.10.1998

ASTRA 2A READY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AT 28.2° EAST ASTRA 1D to be relocated to 19.2° East

18.09.1998

SOCIÉTÉ EUROPÉENNE DES SATELLITES INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30th JUNE 1998

30.08.1998

ASTRA 2A launch success on Proton SES to provide first satellite for permanent operation at 28.2° East

24.08.1998

ASTRA 2A READY FOR TAKE-OFF Launch onboard Proton set for August 30th, 1998

15.07.1998

SES NOTIFIED BY LUXEMBOURG ON ITU CONCLUSION REGARDING ORBITAL DISPUTE

08.07.1998

SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DES SATELLITES (SES) Exercise of Over-Allotment Option

05.07.1998

SOCIÉTÉ EUROPÉENNE DES SATELLITES (SES) sets price of luf 6,000 per fdr (us$ 160), valuing the company at luf 223.4 billion (us$ 6 billion)

25.06.1998

NSAB AND SES ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT FOR SIRIUS 3 TO BE LEASED BY SES

18.06.1998

SES to list on Luxembourg stock exchange at between luf 5,200 and luf 6,100 per fdr, implying a market value of the company between 194 billion luf and 227 billion luf (US$ 5,2 billion and US$ 6,1 billion)

08.06.1998

SES CONFIRMS INTENTION TO LIST ON LUXEMBOURG STOCK EXCHANGE

19.05.1998

SES LAUNCHES ASTRA-VISION Around the clock services and information on the ASTRA digital line-up

29.04.1998

SES INTRODUCES NEW ASTRA LOGO

15.04.1998

SES SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE 1997 ACCOUNTS AND INITIATE PROCEDURE FOR IPO

25.03.1998

ASTRA COVERAGE IN SPAIN UP BY 30% More than 70 million ASTRA households in Europe

25.03.1998

MORE THAN 70 MILLION ASTRA HOUSEHOLDS IN EUROPE

25.03.1998

ASTRA IN 80% OF POLISH SATELLITE AND CABLE HOMES More than 70 million ASTRA households in Europe

11.02.1998

ASTRA 1K UNDER PROCUREMENT WITH AÉROSPATIALE Eleventh ASTRA satellite to provide back-up, geographical expansion and increased transmission capacity through frequency re-use Second ASTRA Ka-band payload to enhance ARCS (ASTRA Return Channel System)

11.02.1998

SES APPOINTS SECRETARY GENERAL

11.02.1998

SES APPOINTS DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

11.02.1998

ASTRA 1D TO OPEN SES SECOND ORBITAL POSITION AT 28.2° EAST AHEAD OF ASTRA 2A Confirmed SES customers include: BSkyB, BBC, Flextech, Discovery, UKTV, Viacom and Turner Broadcasting

11.02.1998

SES UP-GRADES ASTRA SATELLITE SYSTEM FOR 2-WAY COMMUNICATIONS (ASTRA RETURN CHANNEL SYSTEM - ARCS)