Space Systems/Loral, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and integration of communications satellites and satellite systems for an international roster of commercial and government customers. It designs, builds, and tests satellites, subsystems, and payloads; provides orbital testing; and procures insurance and launch services. The company's products include direct-to-home broadcast satellites, commercial weather satellites, digital audio radio satellites, and spot-beam satellites for data networking applications. It offers integration of components to payload and bus subsystems and satellite system level testing services. The company's satellites delivers a range of services, such as broadcast video distribution, broadband digital multimedia communications, direct-to-home video and data broadcast, satellite mobile radio and data broadcast, satellite mobile voice and data services, defense communications, environmental monitoring, and air traffic control. Space Systems/Loral, Inc. was founded in 1957 as Western Development Laboratories and changed its name to Ford Aerospace Corporation. Further, it changed its name to Space Systems/Loral, Inc. as a result of its acquisition in 1990 by Loral Space & Communications, Inc. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Space Systems/Loral, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, Inc.