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AsiaSat Buys a Fully Integrated Satellite Control System From Integral Systems Integral's EPOCH Integrated Product Suite to Fly AsiaSat's Lockheed Martin and Boeing Satellites LANHAM, Md., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Integral Systems, Inc. , the leading provider of satellite ground systems and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited ("AsiaSat") , Asia's leading satellite operator, today jointly announced the signing of a contract for Integral to provide a single, consolidated primary satellite control system to AsiaSat for its AsiaSat 2, AsiaSat 3S and AsiaSat 4 satellites. The AsiaSat 2 satellite is based on the Lockheed Martin Series 7000 platform, while the AsiaSat 3S and AsiaSat 4 satellites are based on the Boeing 601HP platform. The system will be based upon Integral Systems' EPOCH IPS (Integrated Product Suite) that has become the industry standard for consolidated operations of mixed fleets of satellites. This contract will deliver AsiaSat an easy-to-use, fully integrated multi-satellite control center using a single platform that provides complete real-time command and control, orbital analysis and maneuver planning as well as offline trending/analysis functions for all three satellites of the AsiaSat fleet. Thenew system will simplify AsiaSat's satellite operation, and in turn reduce operating cost. Mr. Peter Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat said, "This contract underlines our commitment to quality satellite service. With this new satellite control system, we are able to consolidate our satellite operation under one single platform and offer further redundancy in monitoring and command, thus strengthen our service efficiency and reliability." "We are extremely pleased by this new contract in Asia," said Steve Chamberlain, Chairman and CEO of Integral Systems. "The opportunity to deliver a control system to AsiaSat, Asia's first privately owned regional satellite operator, and one of the premier commercial satellite operators in the world, is particularly exciting for us," he added. Integral Systems has also supplied satellite ground systems to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), Loral Skynet, Newskies Satellites, Echostar, Sirius Satellite Radio, Binariang Satellite Systems, Shin Satellite Public Company Ltd., SES Americom, Optus, ChinaSat, EOSAT, Alcatel, TRW, ROCSAT, EUMETSAT and Orbital Sciences, among others. About AsiaSat Formed in 1988, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, serves over two- thirds of the world's population withits satellites, AsiaSat 2, AsiaSat 3S and AsiaSat 4. The AsiaSat satellite system provides services to both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 120 analogue and digital television channels and 90 radio channels are now delivered by the Company's satellites, reaching over 80 million households, with more than 300 million viewers across the Asia Pacific region. Many telecommunications customers use AsiaSat for services such as public telephone networks, private VSAT networks and high speed Internet and multimedia services. AsiaSat is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited; a company listed on both the Hong Kong (SEHK:1135HK) and New York (NYSE:SAT) stock exchanges. AsiaSat's two major shareholders are CITIC Group and SES GLOBAL, the world's premier satellite group based in Luxembourg. About Integral Systems: Founded in 1982, Integral Systems is a leading provider of satellite ground systems and has supported over 190 different satellite missions for communications, science, meteorological, and earth resource applications. The Company was the first to offer an integrated suite of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) software products for satellite command and control, the EPOCH IPS product line. EPOCH has become a world market leader in commercial applications with successful installations on 5 continents. The Company also offers products and services for satellite integration and test and payload data processing. The Company's subsidiary, SAT Corporation, provides satellite and terrestrial communications signal monitoring systems to satellite operators and users throughout the world. Through its Newpoint Technologies, Inc. subsidiary, the Company also provides software for equipment monitoring and control to satellite operators and telecommunications firms. The Company's RT Logic subsidiary builds telemetry processing systems for military applications including tracking stations, control centers and range operations. Integral Systems has approximately 360 employees working at Company headquarters in Lanham, Maryland, and at other locations in both the U.S. and Europe. Except for statements of historical facts, this news release contains forward-looking statements about the Company, including but not necessarily limited to financial projections, all of which are based on the Company's current expectations. There is no assurance that the Company's projections will in fact be achieved. The forward-looking statements appearing in this news release are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from such statements, including the Company's reliance on contracts and subcontracts funded by the U.S. government, intense competitionin the ground systems industry, the competitive bidding process to which the Company's government and commercial contracts are subject, the Company's dependence on the satellite industry for most of its revenues, rapid technological changes in the satellite industry, the Company's acquisition strategy and those other risks noted in the Company's SEC filings. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements appearing in this news release. DATASOURCE: Integral Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Stuart Daughtridge, Vice President, Commercial Division, of Integral Systems, Inc., +1-301-731-4233, or fax: +1-301-731-9606 Web site: http://www.integ.com/

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