LORAL RECEIVES $13.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO REDESIGN SPACE STATION RADIATORS.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 31, 1995--Loral Vought Systems, a division of Loral Corporation Loral Corporation was a small Bronx defense contractor on the verge of bankruptcy when in 1972 it was acquired by Bernard Schwartz, who over the course of the next two decades built it into a major player in the global aerospace and defense industry, acquiring sixteen other defense (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LOR LOR Letter Of Reprimand (military) LoR Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) LOR Learning Object Repository LOR Linux.Org. ), has received a $13.3 million contract to redesign six heat rejection system radiators for the International Space Station. The contract calls for the production and delivery of six 2,300 pound radiator assemblies for liquid cooling operations. Each radiator measures 11 wide by nine feet long by three feet deep when retracted re·tract v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. in the launch configuration and each extends to 75 feet long in orbit. Each radiator assembly is capable of releasing at least 11 kilowatts of excess heat, thereby providing cooling to the crew compartment and spacecraft equipment. The Loral-produced radiator assemblies will rely upon a pumped liquid ammonia heat transfer system to cool the space station. Loral Vought Systems is a subcontractor to McDonnell Douglas Aerospace on the program. The total value of Loral Vought's heat- rejection system contracts now exceeds $85 million. Loral Vought also produces radiators for cooling the space station's photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. power system under subcontract to Rocketdyne. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed between 1996 and 1998, with launch aboard the space shuttle in 1999. Work on the contract will be performed principally at the division's headquarters in Dallas. Under the leadership of NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , the International Space Station program aims to place unique scientific laboratories in space to enable high value research bettering the quality of life on Earth. NASA is joined in this effort by the space agencies of Europe, Canada, Japan and Russia, making the Space Station the largest peaceful, cooperative international science project ever. Boeing Defense & Space Group is NASA's prime contractor for the Space Station, assisting the space agency in management of the Houston-based program and directing a nationwide contractor team co-anchored by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace and the Rocketdyne division of Rockwell Aerospace. Loral Vought Systems manufactures missile, rocket and space systems. Loral Corporation, headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , is a high-technology company that primarily concentrates in defense electronics, communications, space and systems integration. CONTACT: Loral Corp. Craig Vanbebber, 214/603-1615 |
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