SpaceX And Space Systems/Loral Sign Contract For Falcon 9 Geosynchronous Transfer Mission

Hawthorne, CA ? (SpaceX) ? Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), have signed an agreement for the launch of an SS/L manufactured satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 as early as 2012. For this mission, Falcon 9 will launch from the SpaceX launch site at Cape Canaveral and insert the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).

Space Systems/Loral is the world's leading provider of GEO commercial satellites with 40 percent of the high-power market  [...]

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