Sea Launch Promised Future Contracts

摘要

The chief executives of the world's two biggest commercial satellite fleet operators, Intelsat and SES, said they are willing to provide written promises of future launch contracts to aid Sea Launch Co. in its effort to exit bankruptcy under new ownership.rnIn separate interviews here Sept. 8 during the World Satellite Business Week organized by Euro-consult, Intelsat's David McGlade and Romain Bausch of SES said they view the return of Sea Launch as critical to the smooth function-rning of the global satellite telecommunications industry.rnMcGlade said having just two principal commercial-launch suppliers, Arianespace of Europe and International Launch Services (ILS) of Reston, Va., which markets Russia's Proton rocket, is insufficient.