Boeing [BA] has been awarded a four-satellite contract for 702SP satellites through a joint procurement by Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex), the company said recently.
Financial details were not disclosed.
The first two satellites, ABS-3A and Satmex 7, are scheduled to be delivered together in the fourth quarter of 2014 or first quarter 2015.
Details about the other two satellites will be announced at a future date. The initial contract calls for four satellites with options for four more. Boeing Satellite Systems International President Stephen O’Neill said the company signed the contract recently.
The 702SPs are small-performance satellites that will operate in the 3- to 8-kilowatt range and will operate in a geostationary orbit, Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, said in a statement. The satellites, which will be built in Boeing’s El Segundo, Calif., factory, are compatible with all major launch vehicles, including Falcon 9, Ariane 5, Sea Launch, Proton, Soyuz, Atlas 5 and Delta IV, according to a statement.
Satmex 7 is a hybrid satellite with both C- and Ku-band capacity that will serve Satmex’s Latin American customers, according to a statement. ABS-3A will allow the extension of C- and Ku-band services into the Atlantic Ocean region, according to a statement.