EchoStar contracts SSL to build Jupiter-3 satellite

EchoStar signed a contract with Space Systems Loral (SSL) to build the Jupiter-3/EchoStar-24 satellite, an ultra-high-density satellite with 500 Gbps capacity covering the Americas. The contract is valued at approximately $400 million, with launch expected in 2021.

“After almost a year of hard work, we believe we have come up with an optimum design for an ultra high density satellite, and we’ve awarded a contract to SSL to build this satellite to be called EchoStar-24/Jupiter-3.”spacenews.com

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• spacenews.comEchoStar buys Jupiter-3 “ultra high density satellite” from SSL - SpaceNewsCaleb HenryAug 10, 2017

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