{"id":86677,"date":"2010-07-13T22:24:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/sea-launch-wins-asiasat-contract-plans-to-exit-chapter-11-in-third-quarter-2\/"},"modified":"2010-07-13T22:24:35","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:24:35","slug":"sea-launch-wins-asiasat-contract-plans-to-exit-chapter-11-in-third-quarter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/sea-launch-wins-asiasat-contract-plans-to-exit-chapter-11-in-third-quarter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Launch Wins AsiaSat Contract; Plans to Exit Chapter 11 in Third  Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[07-13-10] <strong>Sea Launch<\/strong> has entered into an agreement with <strong>Asia Satellite Telecommunications<\/strong> (AsiaSat) to launch an AsiaSat satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit between 2012 and 2014, Sea Launch announced July 12. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The launch will be carried out on Sea Launch\u2019s Zenit-3SL launch system, from its equatorial launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude, in international waters of the Pacific Ocean. The new AsiaSat satellite will provide services to both the broadcast and telecommunications industries.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWe are very pleased that we have arrived at this agreement, which will be beneficial for both Sea Launch and AsiaSat,\u201d Sea Launch President Kjell Karlsen said in a statement.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sea Launch said it would exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the third quarter of 2010. Sea Launch filed its reorganization to the <strong>U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware <\/strong>on May 10. A hearing to discuss the plan is scheduled for July 27.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial details of the launch contract were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">Sea Launch Reorganization Plan Pays Back Only 17.5  Percent of Boeing\u2019s  Claims<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMay 13, 2010<br \/>\n[05-13-10] Under Sea Launch s  reorganization plan, Aker and Boeing may not receive the full $1.76  billion in claims the two companies filed against the launch provider  after it filed for bankruptcy in June, according to a disclosure\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">EOL Takes Over As Sea Launch Financier<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMay 5, 2010<br \/>\n[05-05-10] The U.S. Bankruptcy  Court of Delaware authorized Energia Overseas Ltd. (EOL) to replace  Space Launch Services (SLS) as Sea Launch s existing  debtor-in-possession lender, Sea Launch announced May 4. EOL will  provide\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Bankruptcy Court Approves Second Sea Launch Financing<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;  \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMarch 22, 2010<br \/>\n[03-22-10] Sea Launch has  received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to secure  an additional $12 million loan from Space Launch Services (SLS), Sea  Launch announced March. 18.  \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Sea Launch, which announced in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[07-13-10] Sea Launch has entered into an agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) to launch an AsiaSat satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit between 2012 and 2014, Sea Launch announced July 12. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The launch will be carried out on Sea Launch\u2019s Zenit-3SL launch system, from its equatorial launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}