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Hughes Awards Spaceway 3 Launch Contract to Sea Launch Company
GERMANTOWN, Md., Dec. 9, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — Hughes Network Systems,
LLC (HNS) announced on Thursday that it has awarded a launch services
contract to Sea Launch Company, LLC for the launch of the Spaceway 3
satellite projected for early 2007.
According to Hughes, Spaceway satellites are the first in the world to
be designed for broadband data communications and have the ability to
switch and route traffic on board, enabling single-hop communications
between any two satellite terminals and eliminating the need for the
traffic to be routed through a central hub earth station. Spaceway 's
advanced antenna technology allows the dynamic formation and shaping of
spot beams, creating the opportunity to manage capacity flexibly and to
deliver true bandwidth-on-demand services.
The Spaceway 3 satellite will operate in the globally assigned Ka-band
spectrum at 95 degrees West Longitude and will support a range of new
high-speed communications services for IP data and multimedia
applications to North American enterprise, consumer, and government
customers.
Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO of HNS, said the launch of Spaceway 3
will enable the company to enter a new era as a satellite system
operator in addition to being a broadband services provider and
satellite terminal manufacturer.
A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle will launch the Spaceway 3 satellite to
geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Odyssey Launch Platform,
positioned on the Equator.
Spaceway 3 is a Boeing 702 spacecraft being manufactured at Boeing's
Satellite Development Center in El Segundo, California.
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