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Space Systems/Loral Finalizes Contract To Provide Satellite To Intelsat For 2010 Launch

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Monday, January 5th, 2009

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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) finalized a previously announced satellite contract award to provide a new satellite to Intelsat. SS/L is ), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LORL]. "This will be the 45th satellite that we have provided to Intelsat," said John Celli, president and chief operating officer of Space Systems/Loral. Intelsat 17 is a powerful, state-of-the-art, C- and Ku-band spacecraft for Fixed Satellite Services. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 and will be located at 66 degrees East,…

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