Korean Telecom Corporation (KT Corporation) has selected Arianespace to launch their next communications satellite. To be known as Koreasat-6, the satellite will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, during the second half of 2010. Koreasat-6 is the second satellite to be launched by Arianespace for the Korean operator, following Koreasat-3, orbited in 1999. Arianespace has another Korean satellite on its launch manifest, COMS-1, a multimission satellite for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). Koreasat 6 will be built by Thales Alenia Space using a Star-2 platform from Orbital Sciences Corporation of the U.S.. Weighing about 2,750 kg at launch, it will be fitted with 30 Ku-band transponders. The Koreasat-6 satellite, with a design life exceeding 15 years, will provide telecommunications and broadcasting services throughout the country, from its orbital position at 116° E.