SERVIS-1 Launch Date postponed

Due to delays in launch preparation, Eurockot Launch
Services has decided to postpone the originally planned October 8th launch
of the Japanese SERVIS-1 spacecraft from Eurockot facilities at Plesetsk
Cosmodrome. A new launch date towards the end of October is planned, with an
exact date to be announced later.

The SERVIS-1 (Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System)
satellite is being developed by the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment
Free Flyer (USEF) of Tokyo, Japan under a contract by the New Energy and
Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The objective of the
SERVIS.-1 mission is to prove the suitability of commercial off-the-shelf
parts under space conditions.

For further information please contact

Peter Freeborn

Phone: + 49 421 539 6512

peter.freeborn@astrium-space.com