Negotiations for the final contract will be completed in early 1999. This will be the fourth Hughes-built satellite for AsiaSat. Launch vehicle arrangements will be made by AsiaSat.

Under the terms of the agreement, if the AsiaSat 3S should suffer a launch failure, Hughes would deliver a backup satellite, designated AsiaSat 3SB, to AsiaSat for launch before the end of 1999. If the launch of AsiaSat 3S is successful, the order would be altered for a future AsiaSat satellite.

AsiaSat 3SB is essentially the same as AsiaSat 3S, a high-power HS 601 spacecraft with 44 active transponders, 28 in C-band and 16 in Ku-band. The 9,900-watt satellite will provide television distribution and telecommunications services throughout Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. AsiaSat 3SB will have the same 15-year design life as AsiaSat 3S and, if built and launched, will be positioned at 105.5 degrees East longitude.

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