The arrival of MEASAT-3a at Baikonur marks the return of the spacecraft
to the launch site following a six-month process to decontaminate,
diagnose, repair and retest the spacecraft after it was damaged during
crane operations at the launch complex and returned to the company’s
“We are very pleased to have helped our MEASAT customer get to the point
of final launch preparations for the MEASAT-3a spacecraft,” said Mr.
The MEASAT-3a satellite was designed, developed, built and tested by
Orbital under a contract awarded to the company in 2005 by MEASAT
Satellite Systems of
About Orbital
Orbital develops and manufactures small- and medium-class rockets and space systems for commercial, military and civil government customers. The company’s primary products are satellites and launch vehicles, including low-Earth orbit, geosynchronous-Earth orbit and planetary spacecraft for communications, remote sensing, scientific and defense missions; human-rated space systems for Earth-orbit, lunar and other missions; ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver satellites into orbit; and missile defense systems that are used as interceptor and target vehicles. Orbital also provides satellite subsystems and space-related technical services to government agencies and laboratories. More information about Orbital can be found at http://www.orbital.com
Note to Editors:
High-resolution images of the MEASAT-3a satellite in testing (photo) and in orbit (artist rendering) can be downloaded from Orbital’s web site at: http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/ImagesMultimedia/Images/SatelliteSpaceSystems/index.shtml
Source:
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Barron Beneski, 703-406-5528
Public
and Investor Relations
beneski.barron@orbital.com