CTA Space and Telecommunications has shipped its first geostationary communications satellite, the Indostar 1, to the David Florida Laboratories in Canada for environmental testing in preparation for its launch aboard an Ariane 4 in July (Flight International, 5-11 February). The Indostar is being built for PT MediaCitra Indonesia to provide high-power S-band direct-to-home digital-television programming to Indonesia.
Source: Flight International