WASHINGTON — Satellite fleet operator SingTel Optus of Australia has selected Space Systems/Loral to build the SingTel Optus 10 telecommunications satellite following a competition in which Loral bested Orbital Sciences by offering an unusually light version of Loral’s LS 1300 satellite design, industry officials said.

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