[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the Anik G1 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced June 1.
   The Anik G1 multi-mission spacecraft will be located at 107.3 degrees West to support DTH television broadcasting in Canada, government requirements over the Americas and the Pacific, and broadband, voice, data and video services in South America when it goes into service in the second half of 2012.
   The satellite will provide 16 Ku-band transponders in the extended FSS band to support Shaw Direct‘s Canadian DTH video platform as well as 12 Ku-band and 24 C-band transponders that will both replace and expand on Telesat’s Anik F1 satellite serving South America. Anik G1 also will have capacity operating in the X-band frequencies over the Americas and the Pacific Ocean.
   “The Space Systems/Loral platform offered us the flexibility to build on the commitment of a key Telesat customer, Shaw Direct, that will use Anik G1 to expand their video service offerings across Canada," Telesat President and CEO Dan Goldberg said in a statement.
    Separately, Telesat contracted International Launch Services (ILS) to launch Anik G1 into geostationary orbit on a Proton rocket. 
     “This is the second ILS Proton award from Telesat this year and is a clear demonstration of our longstanding relationship and the confidence they have in ILS Proton. Anik G1 is a powerful satellite that plays a pivotal role in the expansion of satellite services in Canada and South America, but also for civil and military applications with its innovative X-band payload,” ILS President Frank McKenna said in a statement.
     Financial details of the contracts were not disclosed.

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