WASHINGTON — Satellite fleet operator Intelsat’s agreement to be the anchor customer for MDA Corp.’s revolutionary satellite in-orbit refueling service brings the project much closer to realization but may be insufficient to permit MDA to begin full-scale development without a complementary government customer, Intelsat and MDA officials said March 15.

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