# SpaceX awarded launch services contract for GiSAT-1 satellite

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) received a launch services contract from Global-IP Cayman to launch the Boeing-built GiSAT-1 communication satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in 2018.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-04-05
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Products: launch services for communication satellite
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)](https://endata.com/companies/23375.md) (supplier)
- [Global-IP Cayman](https://endata.com/companies/23376.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [airport-technology.com](https://www.airport-technology.com/news/newsdeals-this-week-triumph-group-kaman-aerosystems-stratasys-5780998/), 2017-04-05: "Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has received a launch services contract from satellite communications firm Global-IP Cayman."

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