从一九七六年起,欧洲空间局就酝酿在“低轨道试验卫星”的基础上,研制八十年代的欧洲区域性实用通信卫星。七九年四月欧洲空间局成员国已批准这项计划,并同意成立一个欧洲临时性通信卫星组织(Eutelsa),负责制造、管理和使用这一区域性通信卫星网,以保证八十年代中期欧洲国家间的空间通信。欧洲区域性通信 Since 1976, the European Space Agency has been studying the development of European regional practical communications satellites of the 1980s on the basis of “low-orbit test satellites.” In April 1979, the European Space Agency (EU) member states have approved the plan and agreed to establish Eutelsa, which is responsible for manufacturing, managing and using this regional communications satellite network to ensure that the mid-1980s Space communications among European countries. European regional communications