Arianespace has won its fifteenth contract this year, to launch the MMS-built ST-1 communications satellite for Singapore Telecom and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, in 1998. Arianespace has 41 satellites in its outstanding orderbook and will launch the V91/Ariane 42P on 10 September with the Loral-built Echostar 2 satellite.

Source: Flight International