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AMENDMENT NO. 10 TO
ORBCOMM SYSTEM PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment No.10 ("Amendment No. 10") to the ORBCOMM System Procurement
Agreement is entered into this 30th day of September, 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
No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, No.8 and No. 9 thereto; and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to set forth their agreement on a change to the
orbit parameters for the launch of ORBCOMM Plane D/ORBCOMM Launch 4 (previously
known as the "Equatorial Plane") for which ORBCOMM Global has directed a change
from the equatorial (zero degree) inclination launch to a 45 degree inclination
launch using the Pegasus launch vehicle and a revision to the milestone payment
schedule pertaining to such launch.
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 and Launch Vehicle No earlier than 5 Nov 1999
Launch Service No. 4"
Section 2.2 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 km 818.5 km 825.0 km
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. 45.02 deg
Inclination accuracy +/- 0.3 deg. +/- 0.1 deg. +/- 0.1 deg +/- 0.08 deg
Target right ascension of 20 degrees East of
ascending nodes Unconstrained 120 deg. East of Plane A 120 deg. West of Plane A Plane A
Accuracy of ascending node N/A +/- 2.5 deg. +/- 2.5 deg. +/- 2.5 degrees
Pegasus orbit performance capabilities assume a maximum satellite weight of 95
pounds each."
Section 2.3 Table 3.1 in Section 3.1.1 of the Statement of Work and
Specifications for the ORBCOMM-4 Launch Services (as originally set forth in
Amendment No. 4 to the Procurement Agreement and as revised in Amendment No. 8
to the Procurement Agreement) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
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PLANE D/ORBCOMM-4
PARAMETER (45 DEGREE LAUNCH)
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Target Mean Altitude 825.0 km
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Maximum apogee altitude Target + 20 km
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Minimum perigee altitude Target - 20 km
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Target inclination 45.02 degrees
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Inclination accuracy +/- 0.08 degrees
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Target right ascension of 20 degrees East of Plane A
ascending nodes
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Accuracy of ascending node +/- 2.5 degrees
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Semi-Major Axis +/- 12 km
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ORBCOMM shall have at its disposal all available launch capacity of
the Pegasus launch vehicle pertaining to the launch parameters set
forth for the Plane D/ORBCOMM-4 mission."
Section 2.5 Section 4.1(b)(iii) of the Procurement Agreement shall be
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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"(iii) Orbital shall be entitled to invoice ORBCOMM Global for costs
associated with Section 3.1(d) as follows:
PAYMENT DATE AMOUNT
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October 1, 1998 $1,500,000
January 1, 1998 $2,000,000
April 1, 1999 $2,000,000
July 1, 1999 $2,000,000
October 1, 1999 $5,000,000
The Earlier of March 31, 2000 $8,000,000*
or Launch of Fourth Plane
September 30, 2000 $6,000,000
* If the launch is delayed beyond March 31, 2000 due to
unavailability of the Satellites, Orbital shall be entitled to
invoice ORBCOMM at the monthly rate of $1,000,000, beginning
April 30, 2000, with the balance due on launch. In no event shall
Orbital be entitled to invoice ORBCOMM in an amount to exceed
$8,000,000."
SECTION 3 - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 This Amendment No. 10 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. 10
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 10 as of
the day and year first above written.
ORBCOMM GLOBAL, L.P.
By:___________________________________
Name: Scott L. Webster
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
By:___________________________________
Name: Richard J. Hampton
Title: Senior Director, Contracts
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