SS/L Selected to Provide Satellite for Telesat Fleet

(Palo Alto, Calif., July 16, 2009) -- Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq:LORL) and the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been selected to provide a satellite for Telesat, one of the world's leading fixed satellite services operators. The new satellite, called Telstar 14R, will replace Telesat's Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul, utilizing SS/L's 1300 bus to deliver high-powered Ku-band services to growing markets throughout the Americas and over the Atlantic Ocean.

"Telstar 14R is the fifth satellite that we will add to our backlog this year, and it demonstrates the versatility of our satellite platform," said John Celli, president and chief operating officer of Space Systems/Loral. "The satellite's five beams and reconfigurable transponder capacity will enable Telesat to address growing demand for broadband and video services in the Americas, and to match satellite capacity to market need."


Space Systems/Loral designed Telstar 14R with five antenna beams that have high-power transponders with substantial on-orbit switching capability. The satellite will provide additional capacity and improved capabilities in its coverage areas, which include: Brazil, the Continental United States (including the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean), the Southern Cone of South America, the Andean region (including Central America and southern Caribbean), and the North and Mid-Atlantic Ocean.

"The flexibility and high transponder power of the Space Systems/Loral 1300 satellite bus is ideal to meet the growing demand for Ku-band services throughout the Americas and over the Atlantic Ocean Region," said Dan Goldberg, president and chief executive officer of Telesat. "Space Systems/Loral is on track for an early delivery on the ground of our Nimiq 5 satellite and did an exceptional job on the recently launched Telstar 11N satellite. As a result, I am confident that SS/L, working with the Telesat team, will deliver successfully on the Telstar 14R program."

Source : Space Systems/Loral