French and European governments continue to beat the drum about catching up with the Americans in all-electric telecommunications satellites, but it is Europe's Airbus Defence and Space that has taken home the all-electric contracts awarded so far this year. And for Eric Beranger, head of the company's satellite division, the more important measure is not the number of satellites -Space Systems/Loral has won more orders than Airbus this year - but their total value that counts most. "Satellites at 10 kilowatts of power to the payload or above are where 50-75 percent of the value is in the commercial telecommunications satellite market," Beranger said. "And in this segment, we have a 50 percent market share in the 12 months ending in September. We are also the only manufacturer today that has sold electric propulsion for large, high-power satellites."
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机译：法国和欧洲政府继续在全电通信卫星方面追赶美国人，但欧洲的空中客车防务和太空公司已将今年迄今授予的全电合同带回了家。对于公司卫星部门负责人埃里克·贝兰格（Eric Beranger）而言，更重要的衡量标准不是卫星的数量-Space Systems / Loral今年赢得的订单超过了空中客车-但其总价值最为重要。贝朗厄尔说：“功率在10千瓦或以上的卫星在商业电信卫星市场的价值占50-75％。” “在这个细分市场中，在截至9月的12个月中，我们拥有50％的市场份额。我们还是当今唯一出售大型，高功率卫星电力推进器的制造商。”
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