Exhibit 99.1


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                              LORAL CYBERSTAR, INC.



         Loral CyberStar, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation") does hereby
certify that:

         The amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
         set forth below has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions
         of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware:

          1.   The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby
               amended by striking Paragraph 1 in its entirety and inserting in
               lieu thereof the following:

               "1.  The name of the corporation (the "Corporation") is: Loral
                    Orion, Inc."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Amendment to be duly executed and acknowledged in accordance with Section 103 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

                           LORAL CYBERSTAR, INC.




                           By:/s/ Janet T. Yeung
                              ---------------------------------------
                              Janet T. Yeung

                              Vice President and Assistant Secretary