Boeing SkyTerra 1 Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received the first on-orbit signals from LightSquared's SkyTerra 1 following the satellite's launch at 12:29 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 14 on an International Launch Services Proton vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Controllers at the ground station in Hartebeesthoek, South Africa, confirmed initial contact with the spacecraft at 9:50 p.m. Eastern time.Signal acquisition indicates that the satellite is healthy and ready to begin operational testing and on-o [...]

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