EXHIBIT 99.2

                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Report Of Foreign Private Issuer of Satelites Mexicanos,
S.A. de C.V. (the "Company") on Form 6-K for the month of August 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Cynthia Pelini, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, that to the
best of my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.sec.1350, as adopted pursuant to
sec.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

CYNTHIA PELINI
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Cynthia Pelini
Chief Financial Officer

August 9, 2002