LAUNCHING TELSTAR

Space Systems/Loral has signed an agreement to launch its 12,125-lb. Telstar-8 satellite on the Sea Launch system in 2002. Telstar is the heaviest payload on the Sea Launch manifest. The satellite, built for Loral Skynet, is the first to be based on Space Systems/Loral's extended 1300 bus and will...

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