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REMARKABLE VERSATILITY - The Boeing 601 communication product line celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. The Boeing 601 is the best-selling geosynchronous communications satellite model that has powered revolutionary changes in the way people around the world communicate. From providing the platforms that launched DIRECTV and the satellite television broadcast industry in 1994 to Navy UHF satellites that support military operations in Afghanistan today, Boeing 601s have proven their remarkable versatility again and again. Seventeen customers in nine countries have ordered a total of 84 Boeing 601s built by Boeing Satellite Systems, the satellite manufacturing arm of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and they continue to leave an enduring mark on the shape of today¹s world.

BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. Public Relations Department P.O. Box 92919 (S10/S323) Los Angeles, CA 90009 Media Relations (310) 364-6363 www.boeing.com/satellite

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