International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, of Paris, France, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced a contract today for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an ILS Proton in 2013.

OHB System AG, a company of OHB AG (ISIN: DE0005936124, Prime Standard) and Astrium, the industrial prime contractor in the implementation of the European Data Relay Satellite System (EDRS), signed an addendum to the existing preliminary authorization to proceed (PATP) for the development and construction of a dedicated EDRS satellite.