Orbital Awarded New Contract for IS-23 Communications Satellite by Intelsat

Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world?s leading space technology companies, today announced that it has been selected by Intelsat, S.A., the leading provider of fixed satellite services, to design, build and deliver the 23 (IS-23) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based on Orbital?s flight-proven STAR-2 platform.
The IS-23 satellite [...]