Brian Thorn wrote in message . ..
On 24 Aug 2003 18:14:43 -0700, (ed kyle) wrote:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA - news) has signed a contract
to complete construction of 10 partly built satellites for mobile
communication company ICO Global Telecommunications, the jet and
aerospace company said on Sunday, marking a huge boost for its
troubled satellite operation.

Interesting. Will Delta III be revived, too?


I would bet against it. First, ICO hasn't selected a launch
provider yet - it previously used ILS/Atlas (success) and
Sea Launch (failure). Boeing Launch Services would probably
offer Sea Launch instead of Delta IV, given its recent
announcement that it would not compete Delta IV agressively
for commercial launches. Finally, Boeing isn't about to
start building Delta III vehicles again since it now has too
much Delta IV capacity in the pipeline (it lost several EELV
missions to Atlas V due to the recent sanctions).

- Ed Kyle