Boeing hopes to leverage its four-satellite contract with Intelsat to re-enter the commercial satellite market with its new 702B design, a product evolution thai features a new platform combined with the avionics successfully demonstrated on the company's 702-2000 satellites, according to a senior company official.rnCraig Cooning, vice president of Seal Beach, Calif.-based Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, said that despite Boeing's decision in recent years to sit out most commercial satellite competitions due to their low profit potential, the company's management remains persuaded that there are multiple synergies to be reaped by remaining active in the commercial and government satellite markets.
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