MUNICH, Germany — The British Defence Ministry on March 9 said it would extend its multiyear contract for satellite telecommunications services with Paradigm Secure Communications by two years, to 2022, adding $600 million in value and leading Paradigm to order a fourth Skynet 5 satellite, to be launched in 2013.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.