Telstar

Betzdorf, Luxembourg 6 November 2008. – SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), is pleased to announce that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. ASTRA 1M roared into space onboard a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, yesterday evening at 21.44 (02.44 am local time today). The satellite will be brought into its final orbital position within the next weeks and will be made commercially available in January after extensive in-orbit testing.