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November 2015 BLUE ORIGIN COMPLETES TEST FLIGHT HONEYWELL TO ACQUIRE COM DEV On November 25, Blue Origin, LLC (Blue On November 5, Honeywell International Inc. Origin) successfully completed the first orbital (Honeywell) and Canadian satellite component CONTACTS: test flight and landing of its reusable, vertical manufacturer COM DEV International Ltd. takeoff and vertical landing New Shepard space (Com Dev) announced that they entered into a Dara A. Panahy 202-835-7521 vehicle, reaching a test altitude of 100.5km definitive agreement pursuant to which [email protected] before returning to land at its launch site in West Honeywell will acquire Com Dev for roughly Texas. Blue Origin expects the New Shepard to $345m net of debt and cash, subject to Bijan Ganji carry six astronauts to altitudes beyond 100km. customary closing conditions and regulatory 202-835-7543 approvals. The acquisition will result in the INTELSAT AND JSAT TO FORM HTS JV [email protected] spinoff to shareholders of exactEarth Ltd., Com On November 4, Intelsat S.A. (Intelsat) and SKY Dev’s satellite maritime surveillance business. Perfect JSAT Corporation (JSAT) announced that they signed a definitive agreement to form a NOVEMBER LAUNCH SERVICES To learn about Milbank’s joint venture that will launch and operate November 10 – Arianespace S.A. successfully Space Business Practice, or Horizons 3e, a new satellite with optimized C- launched the ARABSAT-6B (BADR-7) and view previous issues of the band and high throughput Ku-band capacity GSAT-15 satellites for Arab Satellite Space Business Review, based on the design of the Intelsat EpicNG next Communications Organization and the Indian please visit www.milbank.com. generation platform. Horizons 3e will be Space Research Organisation (ISRO) The information contained positioned at the 169°E orbital location, from respectively on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. herein is provided for where it will provide aeronautical and maritime BADR-7 was manufactured by Airbus Defence informational purposes only mobility, broadband connectivity and cellular and Space, which supplied the Eurostar E3000 and should not be construed backhaul services to enterprise and government platform and performed integration, and Thales as legal advice on any subject customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Alenia Space, which provided the satellite’s matter. Recipients of this Deployment of the satellite will complete a global telecommunications relay payload. BADR-7 will publication should not take or footprint for the Intelsat EpicNG platform. provide broadcast, broadband and refrain from taking any action telecommunications services to users in the based upon content included NOVEMBER SATELLITE ORDERS Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. GSAT-15 herein. If you do not wish to November 11 – Thales Alenia Space was manufactured by ISRO; it will provide receive this newsletter, please announced that it was selected by the telecommunications services across India, send an e-mail to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory [email protected] including navigation-aid and emergency services. Commission to manufacture the Bangabandhu with the word “unsubscribe” in November 24 – Japan Aerospace Exploration satellite, Bangladesh’s first satellite, based on the the subject line. Agency successfully launched the Telstar 12 Spacebus 4000B2 platform. Bangabandhu will VANTAGE satellite for Telesat Canada on a © 2015 - Milbank, Tweed, be equipped with 26 Ku- and 14-C-band Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch Hadley & McCloy LLP. transponders and will provide broadcasting and vehicle. Manufactured by Airbus Defence and telecommunications services to Bangladesh and Space based on the Eurostar E3000 platform, the surrounding region. To be launched in 2017, Telstar 12 VANTAGE will provide optimized Ku- Bangabandhu will be positioned at 119.1°E. band capacity to growing mobility, enterprise November 25 –Space Systems/Loral, LLC and video markets in the Americas and the announced that it was selected by Telesat EMEA region. Telstar 12 VANTAGE will replace Canada (Telesat) to manufacture the Telstar 19 the Telstar 12 satellite at the 15°W orbital slot. VANTAGE satellite based on the SSL 1300 platform. Telstar 19 VANTAGE will be equipped NOVEMBER LAUNCH SERVICES ORDERS with two high throughput payloads, one in Ku- November 10 – The Indian Space Research and the other in Ka-band, and will be co-located Organisation announced that it selected with Telstar 14R at 63°W. Following launch, Arianespace S.A. to launch the GSAT-17 and expected in 2018, the new satellite will serve GSAT-18 satellites, each on an Ariane 5 launch Latin America, the North Atlantic, the Caribbean vehicle, in 2016 and 2017, respectively. and North Canada. In a related development, November 11 – ILS International Launch Telesat and Hughes Network Systems, LLC Services Inc. (ILS) announced that it entered (Hughes) announced that they entered into a 15- into a Multi-Launch Agreement with Intelsat year agreement under which Hughes will use Ka- S.A. (Intelsat) pursuant to which ILS will band capacity on Telstar 19 VANTAGE to expand perform five launches for Intelsat from 2016 broadband satellite services in South America. through 2023 using the Proton launch vehicle.

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