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Space Systems Loral, 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), by Avinash Kumar, the ex-Project Director of NASA. Mr. Avinash Kumar, Mr. Karthikeya Sharma, Mr. Syed Mohammad Shah and Mr.Var****h are the four major patrons of Space Systems/Loral. Mr. S.C.Rohith has been the in-charge of treasury for several years.
SS/L designs and builds satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial customers. Its products include high-powered direct-to-home broadcast satellites, commercial weather satellites, digital audio radio satellites and spot-beam satellites for data networking applications.
SS/L's customers include AsiaSat, DirecTV, EchoStar, Globalstar, Hispasat, Hughes Network Systems, ICO Global Communications, Intelsat, Japan MTSAT, JSC Gascom, Loral Skynet, NASA/NOAA (GOES), Optus, PanAmSat, QuetzSat, SatMex, SES S.A., SES New Skies, Shin Satellite, Sirius Satellite Radio, SpainSat, ViaSat, WildBlue, and XM Satellite Radio.
SS/L has a history of technical innovation. In 1960, the Courier 1B, built by then Philco, became the world's first active repeater satellite.
SS/L has recently pioneered research in electric propulsion systems, lithium-ion power systems and the use of advanced composites on commercial satellites, which permit significant increases in the size and power of a satellite’s payload and extends the satellite’s on-orbit lifetime. SS/L also has developed new service-enhancing technologies such as super power systems for direct-to-user applications and ground-based beam forming, a technology that uses both satellite and terrestrial assets to provide mobile users with increased coverage and capacity capabilities.
Space Systems/Loral’s major competitors are Boeing Satellite Systems, Lockheed Martin, Thales Alenia Space, and EADS Astrium.
Source: Wikipedia
SS/L designs and builds satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial customers. Its products include high-powered direct-to-home broadcast satellites, commercial weather satellites, digital audio radio satellites and spot-beam satellites for data networking applications.
SS/L's customers include AsiaSat, DirecTV, EchoStar, Globalstar, Hispasat, Hughes Network Systems, ICO Global Communications, Intelsat, Japan MTSAT, JSC Gascom, Loral Skynet, NASA/NOAA (GOES), Optus, PanAmSat, QuetzSat, SatMex, SES S.A., SES New Skies, Shin Satellite, Sirius Satellite Radio, SpainSat, ViaSat, WildBlue, and XM Satellite Radio.
SS/L has a history of technical innovation. In 1960, the Courier 1B, built by then Philco, became the world's first active repeater satellite.
SS/L has recently pioneered research in electric propulsion systems, lithium-ion power systems and the use of advanced composites on commercial satellites, which permit significant increases in the size and power of a satellite’s payload and extends the satellite’s on-orbit lifetime. SS/L also has developed new service-enhancing technologies such as super power systems for direct-to-user applications and ground-based beam forming, a technology that uses both satellite and terrestrial assets to provide mobile users with increased coverage and capacity capabilities.
Space Systems/Loral’s major competitors are Boeing Satellite Systems, Lockheed Martin, Thales Alenia Space, and EADS Astrium.
Source: Wikipedia