Common use of IN-ORBIT OPERATIONS Clause in Contracts

IN-ORBIT OPERATIONS. The Operator shall be responsible for the operation of the Alphasat satellite from launch vehicle separation until satellite decommissioning, including satellite LEOP, commissioning and routine operations. The Alphabus Service Module has a design life of ****. After completion of the initial 3 years routine in-orbit operations the Agency will convene an Alphabus Certification Review to assess the platform performances over this initial period. Completion of this review will ▇▇▇▇ the formal end of the Alphasat contract. In addition to the normal operational tasks relating to their commercial mission, the operator shall also undertake the following activities, during the ESA Mission Life: • Implementation of specific operation activities in support to TDPs, monitoring and control (inclusive switch on and commissioning activities); • Convening regular reviews and meetings, to include ESA, Alphabus and TDP representatives, to assess satellite status, review trends and anomalies, and reassess operation strategies. • Reporting of necessary software maintenance activities, which may warrant an adaptation of the generic platform flight software design During the Alphasat commissioning definition and implementation, the Operator shall take into account specific commissioning needs of the Alphabus platform, which are required in addition to the nominal Alphasat needs. A preliminary assessment of the Alphabus commissioning needs is provided in Annex 1. To support the Alphabus platform validation and long term performance evaluations, the Operator shall make available all requested Alphasat telemetries throughout the ESA Mission life. (modalities and interfaces for data transfer to be agreed) To support the TDP monitoring and exploitation, the Operator shall make available all requested telemetry data, throughout the ESA Mission Life, with an option to extend this service. (modalities and interfaces for data transfer to be agreed) * Portions of this document marked with **** have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment submitted with the SEC. The original contracts have been filed separately with the SEC as part of the confidential treatment request. Ref: ASA.ESA.SW.SY.049 Date: 29/10/2007 Issue: 02

IN-ORBIT OPERATIONS. The Operator shall Inmarsat will be responsible for the operation of the Alphasat satellite from launch vehicle separation until satellite decommissioning, including satellite LEOP, commissioning and routine operations. The Contractor shall support Inmarsat in these activities as required. More detailed operational requirements are defined in Appendix 2. The Alphabus Service Module platform has a design life of ****15 years. After completion of the initial 3 years routine in-orbit operations the Agency will shall convene an Alphabus Certification Review to assess the platform performances over this initial period. Completion of ; the Contractor shall support and participate in this review will ▇▇▇▇ the formal end of the Alphasat contractreview. In addition to the normal operational tasks relating to their the commercial mission, the operator Contractor shall also undertake support Inmarsat in performing the following activities, during the ESA Mission Lifefirst 3 years of the mission: • Implementation of specific operation activities in support to TDPs, monitoring and control (inclusive switch on and commissioning activities); • Convening regular reviews and meetings, to include ESA, Alphabus and TDP representatives, to assess satellite status, review trends and anomalies, and reassess operation strategies. • Reporting of necessary software maintenance activities, which may warrant an adaptation of the generic platform flight software design During the Alphasat commissioning definition and implementation, the Operator Contractor shall take into account support the specific commissioning needs of the Alphabus platform, which are required in addition to the nominal Alphasat needs. A preliminary assessment of the Alphabus commissioning needs is provided in Annex Appendix 1. To support the Alphabus platform validation and long term performance evaluations, the Operator shall Inmarsat will make available all requested Alphasat telemetries throughout the ESA Mission life. Life (modalities and interfaces for data transfer to be agreed) ). To support the TDP monitoring and exploitation, the Operator shall Inmarsat will make available all requested telemetry data, throughout the ESA Mission Life, with an option to extend this service. (modalities and interfaces for data transfer to be agreed) * Portions of this document marked with **** have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment submitted with the SEC. The original contracts have been filed separately with the SEC as part of the confidential treatment request. Ref: ASA.ESA.SW.SY.049 Date: 29/10/2007 Issue: 02).