While officially not disclosing their identities or clients, Orbital Sciences Corporation, has signed two contracts for three satellites. According to Space News the identies of these satellites are Thaicom 8 for Thaicom, and two satellites for DirecTV to provide services for the Innova/Sky Mexico service.
Orbital Sciences gets new construction orders for three satellites
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