 Successfully deployed into geosynchronous transfer orbit, ECS-1 raised itself into an operational geostationary orbit using its apogee motor.Following commissioning operations conducted by the European Space Agency at a longitude of 10° East, the satellite was moved to its operational slot at 13° East, entering service on 12 October.After five years in service, Eutelsat I F-1 was replaced by the newly launched Eutelsat I F-4.