“We are pleased to have SpaceX as our launch partner for the two upcoming missions. We look forward to the timely and successful launches of AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8, ..."
Do we have any estimates of the satellite masses? 3500-ish kg?
Chris, this is why I love this site. It's so much more than a simple copy & paste. You deserve more credit!
Sorry about that! So, I wonder if we can work out why AsiaSat switched to Falcon 9? Always thought ILS Proton was reasonably cheap.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/02/spacex-launch-two-asiasat-satellites-falcon-9-2014/A bit later than the pressers, but everyone's copying and pasting those on. Bit of research into this one, made interesting due to AsiaSat 1's fun history with the shuttles!
So the question for another thread is, who first?
They also have a habit of announcing the contract price.