Lockheed Martin-built GE-8 satellite shipped to Kourou for December launch

The GE-8
telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin
Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) for GE American Communications (GE
Americom), was recently shipped from production facilities in
Sunnyvale, Calif. to Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be readied
for a late December launch.

An all C-band satellite with 24 active transponders, GE-8 will
join GE Americom’s global fleet of satellites, which provide
distribution of cable, broadcast television and radio,
telecommunications services, business television and broadband data
distribution throughout North America, the Caribbean, Latin America,
Europe and Asia. The spacecraft will be lifted into orbit on an
Ariane-5 launch vehicle provided by Arianespace of Evry, France.

Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems markets, designs and
builds geostationary and non-geostationary telecommunications and
remote sensing satellites for customers worldwide. LMCSS is an
operating unit of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, one of the
core business areas of the Lockheed Martin Corporation .
Lockheed Martin has a 41-year heritage of building reliable spacecraft
for commercial and military customers, having launched more than 875
spacecraft and clocking nearly 1,100 years of on-orbit performance
experience.

For images of the GE-8 satellite, please visit:
http://lmms.external.lmco.com/photos/commercial_space/ge1.3/ge1.3.html

For more information on Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems,
see our website at: http://www.lmcommercialspace.com