Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Avi Katz, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Loral Space & Communications Inc.; and

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

	/s/ AVI KATZ
	Avi Katz
	President, General Counsel & Secretary
March 26, 2020