Eutelsat Secures Huge $2.5 Billion Insurance Package

摘要

Satellite-fleet operator Eutelsat Communications has signed an insurance package valued at around $2.5 billion covering the launch of seven telecommunications satellites, plus two options, between 2008 and 2011. The policy gives Eutelsat the option of using China's Long March rocket for one of the satellites, according to industry officials. In what may be the biggest single space-insurance package ever signed - based on the dollar value - Eutelsat, of Paris, has retained the flexibility in the months leading up to a launch to mix different satellites with different launchers depending on the track record of each rocket.