The Spanish communications service provider and satellite operator Hispasat S.A. and OHB-System AG, a subsidiary of the European space and technology group OHB Technology AG (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124), have today signed a contract for the construction and testing of the satellite for the first Small GEO mission at the Paris Air Show, which is currently taking place.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ: LORL) and the world’s leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been selected to provide a new satellite to Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services.