Palo Alto, Calif. – July 6, 2010

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new Amazonas 3 spacecraft for HISPASAT Group. The new satellite will be based on the Space Systems/Loral 1300 satellite bus and will use its 33 Ku-band 19 C-band transponders to deliver TV and radio programming to Europe, North and South America.

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