AZUR SPACE SOLAR POWER GmbH has been awarded a multi-year Long-Term Purchase Agreement by Space Systems Loral (SSL) to supply high-efficiency multi-junction space solar cells for SSL's next-generation solar arrays, covering 2017 through 2020 with options.
Space Systems Loral (SSL) won a contract from Hughes Network Systems to provide a JUPITER 3 Ultra High Density Satellite, to be designated EchoStar XXIV. The satellite will provide concentrated capacity over high-use areas for consumer, enterprise, and aeronautical services across the Americas.
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.