Orbital Sciences Corp. (ORB) said it reached a contract with The Boeing Co. (BA) to provide the complete Fixed Satellite Services segment of the MEXSAT satellite system for the Federal Government of Mexico. The Ministry of Communications and Transports is overseeing the three-satellite project, which includes two larger spacecraft provided by Boeing as well as the smaller MEXSAT-3 spacecraft provided by Orbital.
Under the contract with Boeing, Orbital would provide the MEXSAT-3 FSS spacecraft that would be based on the company's STAR-2 platform. It would generate approximately 3.5 kilowatts of payload power and carry 12 active extended Ku-band and 12 active extended C-band transponders. MEXSAT-3 would provide communications services to Mexico and its surrounding waters from the 114.9 degree West longitude orbital slot.
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