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Orbital To Deliver Satellite To SES

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Monday, October 13th, 2008

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Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] completed final testing on the SES New Skies NSS-9 commercial communications satellite, the company announced. The engineering team completed pre-shipment procedures for the satellite, which will be stored at the company's Dulles, Va., facilities until the company is notified of the launch date. NSS-9 was designed, manufactured and tested in approximately 22 months from the start of the contract to completion of the pre-shipment review. Based on the Orbital STAR-2 satellite bus, NSS-9 carries 28 active…

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