Terrific news for Integral Systems, Inc. [NASDAQ: ISYS], for their latest contract marks the 32nd 1300 platform supported by the company’s EPOCH IPS product line. What has occurred is an “unnamed” satellite operator has contracted them for command and control systems based on their EPOCH IPS (Integrated Product Suite) that will support an SS/L (Space Systems Loral) 1300 satellite platform. All variations of the 1300 platform are to be supported, including SS/L’s latest implementation combining low thrust electrical and standard chemical propulsion. The EPOCH product line has already been proven operationally across more than 120 GEO (Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting) satellite programs from every major GEO manufacturer—Lanham, Maryland


