Land Launch Receives First Order With PanAmSat
July 28 2005 - 7:15AM
PR Newswire (US)
Land Launch Receives First Order With PanAmSat LONG BEACH, Calif.,
July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea Launch has signed a multiple launch
agreement with PanAmSat (NYSE:PA) that provides for the first
commercial Land Launch mission and several Land Launch options. In
connection with this new agreement, PanAmSat has designated the
payloads for two previously exercised options for launches on the
Sea Launch system. More information about the Sea Launch missions
is being issued in a separate announcement. The effective date of
the Land Launch contract is July 12, 2005. The agreement provides
for a Zent-3SLB vehicle to lift the PAS-11 satellite to
geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) from Baikonur by the end of the
Second Quarter of 2007. Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, the
2,500 kg (5,500 lb) Star-2 spacecraft will be located at 43 degrees
West Longitude to provide television distribution services for
Latin America. Previous Sea Launch missions for PanAmSat include
Galaxy 13/Horizons-1 in 2003, Galaxy 3C in 2002 and PAS-9 in 2000.
For Land Launch missions, both the satellite and the launch vehicle
will be processed and launched from existing Zenit processing and
launch facilities at the Baikonur launch complex. Optimizing on
heritage hardware, systems and expertise, Land Launch uses a
Zenit-3SLB version of the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket to lift
commercial satellites in the 2000-3500 kg range to GTO. "The Land
Launch system is well positioned to reliably and efficiently serve
the emerging market requirement for medium weight commercial
satellites," said Jim Maser, president and general manager of Sea
Launch. "We are proud to have PanAmSat as an established, highly
valued customer on our first Land Launch mission. They have enjoyed
working with our mature, proven Sea Launch system and team on three
successful missions to date and, now, they are extending their
trust to include Land Launch." "For the past three years, PanAmSat
has been challenging the industry to rethink its approach towards
asset deployment in what remains a marketplace with generally
higher supply than demand," said Jim Frownfelter, president and
chief operating officer of PanAmSat. "The use of smaller satellites
can significantly improve the industry's return on investment,
provide higher reliability, and enable manageable contingency and
recovery plans which allow for a more robust network architecture.
We are extremely pleased Sea Launch, SIS and the Russian Space
Agency have embraced this philosophy by applying the reliable Sea
Launch technology that PanAmSat has come to trust towards the
efficient deployment of smaller satellite platforms." About Land
Launch The Land Launch program is based on the collaboration of the
Sea Launch Company and Space International Services (SIS), both
international companies, to meet the launch needs of an emerging
market for dedicated commercial launches in the medium spacecraft
mass range. Sea Launch and SIS provide commercial customers with
mission management while SIS is responsible for hardware production
and launch operations. Land Launch uses Boeing's experience and
hardware acceptance procedures that have contributed to the
outstanding launch record of the Sea Launch system. Launches are
executed with the firm support of the Russian Federal Space Agency,
headed by Mr. A. N. Perminov. For additional information, please go
to: http://www.sea-launch.com/land-launch/index.html About PanAmSat
Through its owned and operated fleet of 23 satellites, PanAmSat
(NYSE:PA) is a leading global provider of video, broadcasting and
network distribution and delivery services. It transmits 1,991
television channels worldwide and, as such, is the leading carrier
of standard and high-definition signals. In total, the Company's
in-orbit fleet is capable of reaching over 98 percent of the
world's population through cable television systems, broadcast
affiliates, direct-to-home operators, Internet service providers
and telecommunications companies. In addition, PanAmSat supports
the largest concentration of satellite-based business networks in
the U.S., as well as specialized communications services in remote
areas throughout the world. For more information, visit the
Company's web site at: http://www.panamsat.com/ About Space
International Services Space International Services is a
Moscow-based venture, founded by SDO Yuzhnoye and PO Yuzhmash of
Ukraine, RSC Energia, the Design Bureau of Transport Machinery
(KBTM), TseNKI (Center for Ground-based Space Infrastructure) and
Ural Mining and Metallurgy Company (OAO UGMK) of Russia, with the
support of the Russian Federal Space Agency. About Sea Launch Sea
Launch Company, LLC, based in Long Beach, Calif., provides reliable
heavy lift launch services to commercial satellite customers. Its
international partners include Boeing (U.S.), Kvaerner ASA
(Norway), RSC Energia (Russia) and SDO Yuzhnoye/PO Yuzhmash
(Ukraine). Established in 1995, Sea Launch
(http://www.sea-launch.com/) has completed 16 successful missions
to date. DATASOURCE: Sea Launch Company, LLC CONTACT: Paula Korn of
Sea Launch Company, LLC, +1-562-499-4729, or cell, +1-562-254-5684,
Web site: http://www.sea-launch.com/ http://www.panamsat.com/
http://www.sea-launch.com/land-launch/index.html
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