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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001006269-07-000003.txt : 20070522
<SEC-HEADER>0001006269-07-000003.hdr.sgml : 20070522
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070522124401
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001006269-07-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070522
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070522

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TARGOFF MICHAEL B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001223765

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14180
		FILM NUMBER:		07870431

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-697-1105

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 WEST 57TH ST.
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001006269
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663]
		IRS NUMBER:				870748324
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 THIRD AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2126971105

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 THIRD AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960124
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        <issuerName>LORAL SPACE &amp; COMMUNICATIONS INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LORL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>TARGOFF MICHAEL B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>600 THIRD AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10016</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CEO and Vice Chairman</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>26.915</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-05-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>825000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2011-03-28</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options were granted on March 28, 2006 subject to stockholder approval of the Company's Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the &quot;Amended and Restated Plan&quot;).  On May 22, 2007, stockholders approved the Amended and Restated Plan. The options vest over a four-year period with the first 12 1/2% vesting immediately, an additional 25% vesting on the next three anniversaries of the grant date and the remaining 12 1/2% vesting on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Michael B. Targoff</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-05-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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