Cost Performance

Project remains within its current approved budget.

Schedule Performance

The IS-22 satellite remains on schedule for a launch in March 2012, which will meet Government requirements of the project, with a number of crucial activities planned for completion in order to successfully realise the scheduled launch.

Materiel Capability Performance

The IS-22 satellite is currently meeting all performance measures, including:

■  the hosted payload,

■  the Communications System Monitor (CSM).

The Network Control Systems (NCS) requirements are currently under review but are not likely to impact the overall capability provided by the IS-22 satellite.