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AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO
ORBCOMM SYSTEM PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment No.8 ("Amendment No. 8") to the ORBCOMM System
Procurement Agreement is entered into this 24th day of March, 1999 between
ORBCOMM Global, L.P. ("ORBCOMM Global") and Orbital Sciences Corporation
("Orbital").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the parties previously entered into the ORBCOMM System
Procurement Agreement dated September 12, 1995 (the "Procurement Agreement") and
Amendments Xx. 0, Xx. 0, Xx. 0, Xx. 0, Xx. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 thereto; and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to set forth their agreement on orbit
parameters for the launch of ORBCOMM Plane D (also known as the "Equatorial
Plane") and to change the number of Satellites, from eight to seven, that shall
be launched into an equatorial orbit using the Pegasus launch vehicle.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS
Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Procurement Agreement.
ARTICLE 2 - AMENDMENTS
Section 2.1 Section 5.1(b)(v) of the Procurement Agreement shall be
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
"(v) Satellites 27 - 33 and Launch Vehicle Aug. 1999
Launch Service No. 4"
Section 2.2 The Table in Section 3.1.1 of the Statement of Work and
Specifications for the ORBCOMM-4 Launch Services (as included in Amendment No. 4
to the Procurement Agreement) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
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Parameter Plane D
(Equatorial Plane)
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Target mean altitude 1000 km, circular
Maximum apogee altitude Target + 20 km
Minimum perigee altitude Target - 20 km
Target inclination 0.0 deg.
Inclination accuracy +/- 0.1 deg.
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Section 2.3 Table 3.1 in Section 3.1.1 of Exhibit A, Part 1B
Satellite Specifications of the Procurement Agreement shall be deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
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Parameter Plane A Plane B Plane C Plane D
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Target mean altitude 825 km, circular 818.5 xx 000.0 xx 0000 xx
Maximum apogee altitude 882 km Target + 15 km Target + 15 km Target + 20 km
Minimum perigee altitude 767 km Target - 15 km Target - 15 km Target - 20 km
Target inclination 45 deg. 45.02 deg. 45.02 deg. 0.0 deg
Inclination accuracy +/- 0.3 deg. +/- 0.1 deg. +/- 0.1 deg +/- 0.1 deg
Target right ascension of Unconstrained 120 deg. East of Plane A 120 deg. West of Plane A N/A
ascending nodes
Accuracy of ascending node N/A +/- 2.5 deg. +/- 2.5 deg. N/A
SECTION 3 - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 This Amendment No. 8 shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving
effect to the provisions, policies or principles thereof related to choice or
conflict of laws.
Section 3.2 No changes to the Procurement Agreement are authorized
hereby except as otherwise specified in this Amendment No. 8.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 8
as of the day and year first above written.
ORBCOMM GLOBAL, L.P.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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