[3] ProtoStar sought and was made by the bankruptcy court to auction its two satellites to pay its outstanding liabilities.
[5] The auction was won by Intelsat Corp with a bid of $210M, beating out European rival Eutelsat.
It was originally built by SS/L as the ChinaSat 8 satellite and scheduled for launch in April 1999 on a Long March 3B rocket.
[12] Post-launch maneuvering of the satellite was performed successfully July 8, 2008.,[2] and ProtoStar I was placed into its geostationary orbital location of 98.5 degrees East Longitude.
[15] On May 16, 2009, ProtoStar II was carried to orbit on a Proton rocket provided by International Launch Services.