SSL, formerly Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is a wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Maxar Technologies.

SSL designs and builds satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial customers.

All other divisions of Ford Aerospace including Western Development Labs now located in San Jose were also acquired by Loral at that time.

The satellites were expected to last 15 years, and contain high-powered C-band transponders providing video and broadband services to the Asia-Pacific region.

[4][5] SSL and Constellation Services International have proposed a reusable space tug based on the 1300 platform and a pressure-fed, low-cost Aquarius Launch Vehicle.

The tug would be used to bring supplies to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.