Space Systems/Loral

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is the wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications. It was acquired in 1990 for $715 million by Loral Corp. from Ford Motor Company as the Space Systems Division of Ford Aerospace. The company was founded as the Western Development Laboratories (WDL) of Philco (Philco-Ford since 1966).

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Palo Alto, California - Loral Space & Communications - 1990 - Loral Corp. - Ford Motor Company - Ford Aerospace - Philco

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Space Systems/Loral (under its former name) pioneered the design and manufacture of large, three-axis body-stabilized communications satellites. In the 1990s, it designed and manufactured the largest power storage system on-orbit, the nickel-hydrogen battery system aboard the International Space Station. That NASA contract also includes the power-conditioning electronics for the station.

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Satellite - 1990s - Battery - International Space Station - NASA

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Other customers include DirecTV, EchoStar, Globalstar, Intelsat, Japan MTSAT, JSC Gascom, Loral Skynet, NASA/NOAA (GOES), Optus, PanAmSat, Sirius Satellite Radio, and XM Satellite Radio.

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DirecTV - EchoStar - Globalstar - Intelsat - MTSAT - JSC - Loral Skynet - NASA - NOAA - GOES - Optus - PanAmSat - Sirius Satellite Radio - XM Satellite Radio

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Space Systems/Loral?s major competitors are Boeing Satellite Systems, Lockheed Martin, Alcatel, and EADS Astrium.

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Boeing Satellite Systems - Lockheed Martin - Alcatel - EADS Astrium

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