in addition to afristar and asiastar, another similar satellite was built by the same companies for 1worldspace. this satellite was known as ameristar (originally caribstar) and was purposed to serve south america, latin america, and the caribbean from 95.0° west longitude. the satellite was however not launched as the l-band frequencies used by 1worldspace are commandeered by the united states air force. this satellite was reconfigured and was since known as afristar 2. afristar 2 was to be launched to 21.0° east longitude in august 2007. this launch did not happen. this satellite was intended to expand coverage for western europe in addition to the existing coverage of afristar 1, which it would have eventually replaced. 1worldspace would have used etsi satellite digital radio (sdr) open standard in the new european coverage beam.