Arianespace’s 11th Service & Solutions contract of 2009 was signed to loft HYLAS, the first satellite entrusted to Arianespace by new European operator Avanti Communications. An Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher is scheduled to launch this 2,750-kg spacecraft – which will be Europe’s first superfast broadband satellite, serving customers all over the continent – from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the first part of 2010.