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Sea Launch Contracts To Launch Intelsat Americas-9

Intelsat Americas-8 launch by Sea Launch. Image credit: Sea Launch
by Staff Writers
 Long Beach CA (SPX) May 02, 2006
 Sea Launch said Monday it has signed a launch contract with Intelsat to orbit the Intelsat Americas-9 spacecraft in the fourth quarter of 2007.

IA-9 is currently under construction at Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, Calif. The mission will be Sea Launch's second with Intelsat. The company launched the IA-8 spacecraft in June of last year.

The IA-9 spacecraft is a high-power, C-band and Ku-band satellite that will provide communications service to North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Intelsat plans to operate the satellite from an orbital location at 97 degrees west longitude. IA-9 will become Intelsat's west satellite covering North America.

"We are proud to welcome back Intelsat for another Sea Launch mission," said Rob Peckham, interim president and general manager of Sea Launch. "We view this new contract as a testament to Intelsat's confidence in our launch system and our team. We won't let them down."

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