# 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.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-08-09
- Where: United States
- Value: $400.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: Jupiter-3 satellite, broadband satellite capacity
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [EchoStar](https://endata.com/companies/26202.md) (customer)
- [Space Systems Loral](https://endata.com/companies/26203.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [spacenews.com](https://spacenews.com/echostar-buys-jupiter-3-ultra-high-density-satellite-from-ssl/), 2017-08-10: "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."

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