Loral Space & Communications: Telstar 6 Returns to Service After Temporary Outage

Loral Space &
Communications today announced that its Telstar 6
satellite has returned to service after experiencing a component
failure on its primary central processing unit (CPU) at 3:30 am EDT
yesterday. As designed, the satellite switched to its backup CPU and
has returned to normal operation. As of 6:00 am EDT today, Loral
Skynet began restoring customers on the satellite.

At the time of the outage, customers were relocated to Loral
Skynet or other Loral Global Alliance satellites using a comprehensive
contingency plan. During the temporary outage, control of the
satellite was never lost and earth lock was fully maintained.

Telstar 6 carries a total of 52 transponders – 24 at C-band and
28 at Ku-band – and covers the 50 United States, Puerto Rico, the
Caribbean, and parts of Canada and Latin America from its 93 degrees
West longitude orbital position. Telstar 6’s design is based on SS/L’s
three-axis, body-stabilized 1300 bus design.

Loral Space & Communications is a high technology company that
concentrates primarily on satellite manufacturing and satellite-based
services, including broadcast transponder leasing and value added
services, domestic and international corporate data networks,
broadband data transmission and content services and Internet
services. For more information, visit Loral’s web site at
www.loral.com.