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Space Systems/Loral Delivers Intelsat 14 Satellite To Florida
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2009 Space Systems/Loral has announced that it delivered a satellite built for Intelsat to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it is scheduled to launch later this year aboard an Atlas V rocket. The Intelsat 14 satellite (IS-14), which includes the first Internet Router In Space (IRIS), expands on SS/L's experience integrating hosted payloads on commercial spacecraft. "This is the 44th satellite that we have built for Intelsat and it is unique because it hosts the Internet Router In Space," said John Celli, president and chief operating officer at Space Systems/Loral. "Space Systems/Loral has significant experience putting government payloads on commercial satellites. Our platform, the 1300, is particularly well-suited to carry multiple payloads because of the extensive mounting space on its earth facing surface, high power capability, and standard interfaces." IS-14 is a fixed satellite services (FSS) spacecraft, which will replace the Intelsat 1R satellite at 315 degrees East longitude where it will ensure continued service for enterprises, governments, service and media providers to deliver information and entertainment around the world. The IRIS payload, which was provided by Cisco Systems, will enable converged, space-ground network services including more efficient bandwidth usage, anytime-anywhere on-demand broadband services, last mile connectivity solutions, efficient one-hop communications, and next generation voice, video and data applications. "We know we can depend on the quality and reliability of the SS/L 1300 platform," said Ken Lee, Intelsat's Senior Vice President, Space Systems. "About half of the satellites in our current active fleet are satellites that were built by Space Systems/Loral and we have three more currently under construction at the company's Palo Alto manufacturing facility. The delivery of IS-14, with its IRIS payload, is one more demonstration of the great working relationship that we have with SS/L." The IS-14's hybrid C- and Ku-band payload will provide data, voice and video services for the Americas, Europe, and Africa. It is based on the Space Systems/Loral 1300 space-proven platform, which provides the flexibility to support a broad range of applications. With a nine square meter earth facing deck, extensive heat dissipation capacity, and a modular design, the 1300 spacecraft bus is ideal for hosted payloads and multi-mission satellites. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Space Systems/Loral Delivers SES World Skies Satellite To Launch BasePalo Alto CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2009 Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it shipped a communications satellite built for SES WORLD SKIES to Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled to launch later this year aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. "This marks the completion of our first satellite built for SES," said John Celli, president and chief operating officer at Space Systems/Loral. "We are pleased that the ... read more |
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