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Loral Space & Communications Inc ., for instance, has failed to receive the price it seeks to sell its majority stake in Canadian satellite-operator Telesat Holdings Inc., according to industry officials.

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Mr. Musk's company previously announced a launch contract for a smaller weather-observation satellite to be manufactured by a subsidiary of European Aeronautics Defence & Space Co. A year ago, a unit of Loral Space & Communications Inc. signed a deal to put a commercial satellite on top of a Falcon 9 slated for a launch as early as 2012.

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The Loral agreement represents a breakthrough for Mr. Musk, who says he has sunk roughly $100 million of his own money into SpaceX.

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SpaceX, the fledgling Hawthorne, Calif., space firm founded by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, moved one step closer to that goal earlier this week when a Loral Space

Start-Up SpaceX Takes Off Andy Pasztor 2010

While Mr. Musk and his management team previously managed to snare a number of foreign scientific missions and smaller commercial satellite launches, the Loral contract is the first time a top-tier global manufacturer has committed to put a big commercial satellite, potentially worth $150 million or more, atop SpaceX's still-unproven Falcon 9 rocket.

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SpaceX didn't announce the size of its contract with Loral, but industry officials estimated that it amounts to less than half of the roughly $100 million rivals in Russia and France often charge to blast similar heavy satellites into high-earth orbit.

SpaceX Rocket to Carry Loral Satellite Andy Pasztor 2010

While he previously managed to snare a number of foreign customers and smaller commercial satellite launches, the Loral contract is the first time a top-tier global manufacturer has committed to put a big commercial satellite, potentially worth $150 million or more, atop SpaceX's still-unproven Falcon 9 rocket.

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The Loral agreement represents a breakthrough for Mr. Musk, who says he has sunk roughly $100 million of his own money into SpaceX.

Start-Up SpaceX Takes Off Andy Pasztor 2010

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SpaceX didn't announce the size of its contract with Loral, but industry officials estimated that it amounts to less than half of the roughly $100 million that rivals in Russia and France often charge to blast similar heavy satellites into high-earth orbit.

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