Attachment Orbital Letter

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-20101014-00219 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA2010101400219_843972

                                                                                         Orbfjt"al

September 21, 2010




Mr. Jean—Luc Froeliger
Senior Director, Space Systems Acquisition
Intelsat LLC
3400 International Drive NW
Washington, DC 20008—3006

Subject:     Contract Intelsat 18 (IS—18) Spacecraft; Status of Spacecraft
             Construction

Dear Mr. Froeliger:

This letter is provided to Intelsat LLC to summarize the current progress of
construction of the Intelsat 18 Spacecraft.

1. The Spacecraft Critical Design Review was completed on November 12, 2009.

2. The Spacecraft construction is well underway, and payload module thermal
vacuum tests, including the post test data review, were successfully completed
on August 4, 2010

3. Preparations for satellite dynamics tests are underway.

The Spacecraft is scheduled to ship to the launch base in the first quarter of
2011.

The undersigned hereby certifies that all of the above statements are true and
correct.




PeamiGotel| [
Susanne Schroll
IS—18 Program Director
Orbital Sciences Corporation




           Orbital Sciences Corporation * 21839 Atlantic Blvd., Dulles, VA 20166 * 703—406—5000



Document Created: 2010-10-04 16:43:47
Document Modified: 2010-10-04 16:43:47

© 2024 FCC.report
This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FCC