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Integral Systems (ISYS) Announces Contract with EchoStar (DISH) for Satellite Control Systems
12/13/2006 07:54EST by StreetInsider.com
Integral Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISYS) announced that it is currently under contract with EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) to add the EchoStar 11 satellite (a Loral FS1300 class satellite) to EchoStar's existing EPOCH IPS satellite control system. EchoStar's entire fleet of satellites is operated by the EPOCH IPS system.

EPOCH IPS is the world's leading and most widely used satellite control system, having been selected to support the operations of over 30 FS1300 class satellites, over 125 GEO communications satellite, and well over 200 satellite programs in total (counting LEO and deep space missions).