(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 07, 2004 ) Betzdorf, Luxemburg, Clamart, Toulouse, France – SES ASTRA’s TechCom unit, (SES ASTRA is an SES GLOBAL company -Euronext Paris, Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges: SESG), INTEGRAL SYSTEMS EUROPE, an INTEGRAL SYSTEMS INC company (NASDAQ: ISYS) and ENERTEC, a company of the French LP2C group, are proud to announce the signing of a partnership agreement for the marketing and provision of satellite control stations as well as related systems and services.


Using both of-the-shelf products as well as customized solutions, the ‘partners’ will offer to satellite operators and satellite manufacturers ‘turn-key’ satellite ground control systems, Baseband systems and Telemetry Tracking and Command (TT&C) stations for the lifetime operations of satellite platforms.

The team will mainly focus on the markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as well as South America and large parts of Asia. The partnership will aim satellite operators and manufacturers pursuing business applications in many different fields including commercial, civilian and military domains.

SES ASTRA will provide these services through its TechCom businessunit that offers expert advise, satellite operations services & training, systems integration and services as well as products developed in-house (In-Orbit Test systems, advanced ranging tools) to the satellite manufacturing and operations industry .

ENERTEC will provide the base band subsystem based on its 3801-20 products family, widely used worldwide by the most important satellite operators (including SES ASTRA) as their baseline AIT, LEOP and In Orbit control equipment. In addition to the reliability, compactness and easy use of this product family, Enertec will provide a worldwide is well known for its high quality field customer support.

Integral Systems Europe will provide an integrated solution for satellite and ground control using its EPOCH Integrated Product Suite (IPS) and Compass Equipment/Network Monitor and Control products from Newpoint Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Integral Systems.. This same software is used by satellite and fleet operators worldwide and supports virtually every commercial GEO communications satellite design in production as well as many more unique satellites designs common to weather, imagery and science applications.


SES ASTRA, INTEGRAL SYSTEMS EUROPE & ENERTEC enter into Partnership Agreement

About SES ASTRA
The 13 spacecraft strong ASTRA Satellite System is Europe's leading Direct-to-Home satellite system. ASTRA has been chosen by a wide range of television and radio broadcasters as well as broadband service providers for the delivery of free-to-air and pay broadcast and broadband services. SES ASTRA was the first operator to co-locate commercial satellites at a single orbital slot to provide enhanced transponder availability and in-orbit satellite back-up security. Building on its technical expertise,
ASTRA offers a range of support and value-added TechCom services to broadcasters and the satellite industry. Current ASTRA TechCom customers include PANAMSAT, SATLYNX, SES AMERICOM and HELLAS SAT

SES ASTRA is wholly owned by SES GLOBAL (Euronext Paris, Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges: SESG). SES GLOBAL has two operating companies, SES AMERICOM in the United States and SES ASTRA in Europe. The company also holds strategic participations in other leading regional satellite service providers around the world - AsiaSat, NSAB, Nahuelsat and Star One. Through these, SES GLOBAL can provide outstanding satellite communications solutions on a global scale. Additional info at: www.ses-astra.com


For Information: www.ses-astra.com
Contact: Yves Feltes
Phone : 352 710 72 53


About ENERTEC
ENERTEC, a European Company with a Subsidiary in US (Enertec America Inc.), is a leading supplier in space ground segment baseband markets. For the last twenty years ENERTEC has been committed to deliver efficient and cost effective equipments and systems to the space industry. ENERTEC offers worldwide very competitive solutions to customer needs, toIts main focus is to help from the very beginning of satellite integration up to the in orbit satellite operation (Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test, TT&C and Payload Services).

For Information: http://www.enertecgroup.com
Contact: Olivier Riberon, Space Division Senior Manager – Sales
Phone : 33 1 41288850

About ISE


INTEGRAL SYSTEMS EUROPE is a fully-owned subsidiary of INTEGRAL SYSTEMS Inc (www.integ.com) and is incorporated in France. Founded in 1982, Integral Systems is a leading provider of satellite ground systems and has supported
over 190 different satellite missions for communications, science, meteorological, and earth resource applications. The Company was the first to offer an integrated suite of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) software products for satellite command and control, the EPOCH IPS product line. EPOCH has become a world market leader in commercial applications with successful installations on 5 continents.

The company also offers products and services for satellite integration and test and payload data processing as well as a full motion tracking antennas. The Company’s subsidiary, SAT Corporation, provides satellite and terrestrial communications signal monitoring systems to satellite operators and users throughout the world. Through its Newpoint Technologies, Inc. subsidiary, the Company also provides software for equipment monitoring and control to satellite operators and telecommunications firms. The Company’s RT Logic subsidiary builds telemetry processing systems for military applications including tracking stations, control centers and range operations. Integral Systems has approximately 380 employees working at Company headquarters in Lanham, Maryland , USA and at other locations in both the U.S. and Europe.

For Information: http://www.integ.com
Contact: Bruno Dupas, President of Integral Systems Europe
Phone : 33 5 61001711

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