Orbital Awarded Contract for Thaicom 6 Communications Satellite

New Order Is Company?s Second Commercial Satellite Contract in 2011

Thaicom 6 to Provide Ku- and C-Band Services to South and Southeast Asia and Southern Africa

(Dulles, VA) ? Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that THAICOM Plc. (SET Index: THCOM) has awarded the company a firm contract for the Thaicom 6 communications satellite. Based on Orbital?s GEOStar-2 satellite platform, the Thaicom 6 satellite will be designed, manufactured and tested at Orbital?s sate [...]

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