HOT BIRD™ 10 ARRIVES IN FRENCH GUIANA FOR ITS FEBRUARY LIFTOFF

Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ 10 satellite was delivered to French Guiana today, arriving aboard a chartered cargo jetliner that completed its transatlantic flight from Europe. HOT BIRD 10 will be orbited as part of a multi-passenger payload on Arianespace’s initial Ariane 5 launch of 2008 – joining SES NEWSKIES’ NSS-9 telecommunications satellite and two Spirale auxiliary passengers. The spacecraft is identical to the HOT BIRD™ 9 relay platform, which was successfully orbited by Ariane 5 during Arianespace’s year-ending 2008 mission on December 20.