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July 2014 USAF PROGRAM JULY ORDERS On July 10, the U.S. Air Force (USAF), through July 1 –The Group announced that it its Space and Missile Systems Center, awarded selected Space Systems/Loral, LLC to CONTACTS: an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity manufacture the Hispasat 1F satellite based on contract to 14 space industry companies under its SSL 1300 satellite platform. Dara A. Panahy 202-835-7521 the Hosted Payload Solutions program, created July 8 – Space and Intelligence [email protected] by the USAF to standardize processes and Systems announced that it was selected by interfaces for placing U.S. military payloads on S.A. to manufacture the Intelsat 35e Bijan Ganji commercial . Covering a potential total EpicNG high-throughput satellite based on its 202-835-7543 of up to 6 hosted payloads and $494m, the 702MP satellite platform. [email protected] contract award establishes a pool of companies July 15 – Dauria announced that it that are pre-qualified for USAF hosted payload was selected by Aniara SpaceCom LLC of India

projects, with contracts for actual projects to be to manufacture two small electric Ku-band To learn about Milbank’s awarded by the USAF as task orders in due satellites, to be launched Space Business Practice, or course. The group of 14 companies is composed together by the Indian Space Research view previous issues of the of a variety of satellite operators and space Organisation on a single GSLV . Space Business Review, hardware manufacturers, ranging from the large July 17 – SES S.A. announced that it selected please visit www.milbank.com. and established, such as Intelsat General Defence and Space to manufacture the Corporation and The Boeing Company SES-12 satellite based on its E3000 The information contained (Boeing), to the emerging and growing, such as herein is provided for satellite platform. Expected to be launched in late ViviSat LLC and ExoTerra Resource, LLC. In informational purposes only 2017, SES-12 will use electric propulsion for both an unrelated development, Boeing announced on and should not be construed raising and on-orbit maneuvers but will July 29 that it is providing the U.S. government as legal advice on any subject carry a back-up chemical propellant system. matter. Recipients of this with military Ka-band satellite communications July 22 – announced that publication should not take or service from the -5 satellite. The refrain from taking any action transaction represents the first time that Boeing it was selected by PT. Telekomunikasi based upon content included has resold bandwidth on a commercial satellite TbK to manufacture the Telkom-3S herein. If you do not wish to to a U.S. government customer. telecommunications satellite based on its receive this newsletter, please 4000B2 satellite platform. send an e-mail to JULY LAUNCHES July 31 – Communications S.A. [email protected] June 30 – The Indian Space Research announced that it selected Airbus Defence and with the word “unsubscribe” in Organisation successfully launched the SPOT 7 Space to manufacture the EUTELSAT 172B the subject line. satellite for , along satellite based on its satellite ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. with 4 smaller satellites for , Canada platform. With a targeted launch in the first half Prior results do not guarantee and Singapore, on a PSLV launch vehicle. SPOT of 2017, the satellite will be the first European similar results. 7 joins the SPOT 6 and Pléiades 1A and 1B satellite to use electric propulsion in orbit raising. satellites in orbit to complete Airbus’ network of © 2014 - Milbank, Tweed, high-resolution observation satellites. JULY LAUNCH SERVICES ORDERS Hadley & McCloy LLP. July 10 – S.A. successfully On July 2, Inmarsat plc (Inmarsat) announced launched 4 more satellites for Networks, an agreement with Technologies Corp. for one firm and two Ltd. on a Soyuz launch vehicle. Manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, the satellites join the 4 O3b optional launches. The agreement contemplates satellites launched by Arianespace S.A. in 2013 to use of the launch vehicle but progress the deployment of a constellation that allows for substitution of the launch will provide low-cost, high-speed, low-latency vehicle if necessary for timely performance. The Internet and mobile connectivity services. firm launch under the agreement, scheduled for July 14 – Space Exploration Technologies late 2016, will be for a satellite jointly owned and Corp. successfully launched 6 next generation funded by Hellas-Sat Consortium Limited, OG2 M2M communications satellites, all currently being manufactured by Thales Alenia manufactured by Sierra Nevada Corporation Space. Inmarsat will have full ownership of the based on its SN-100 satellite platform, for satellite’s S-band payload, which it will use to Inc. on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. provide mobile communications services as part of a new satellite-terrestrial broadband network.

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