afristar (also known as afristar 1, cospar 1998-063a) is a satellite formerly owned and operated by the company 1worldspace (formerly known as worldstar) and now owned and operated by yazmi usa, llc. the satellite was built by alcatel space and eads astrium, formerly known as matra marconi space. based on astrium's eurostar e2000+ bus design, the geostationary orbit satellite broadcast digital radio programs in the l-band frequency (1452–1492 mhz range).