Boeing To Manufacture MSV Next-Generation Satellites
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded a contract to Boeing for three satellites and related ground systems to support MSV's planned commercial mobile satellite service, the companies announced Jan. 11.
The planned space-terrestrial network, based on MSV's ancillary terrestrial component, will provide voice and data communications across North and South America using handsets the size of cellular phones, MSV said.
The three geo-mobile satellites will be among the largest and most powerful ever built, Boeing said, each supplying 11,000 watts of power. MSV-1 and MSV-2 satellites will cover Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Mexico and the Caribbean Basin. The third satellite, MSV-SA will provide service in South America. The satellites are scheduled to launch in 2009 and 2010.
In a telephone press conference, Alexander Good, chairman and CEO of MSV, said the contract is valued between $500 million and $1 billion, depending on the final configuration of the satellites. MSV has not chosen a launch provider.
This is Boeing's largest commercial satellite order since 1997.
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded a contract to Boeing for three satellites and related ground systems to support MSV's planned commercial mobile satellite service, the companies announced Jan. 11.
The planned space-terrestrial network, based on MSV's ancillary terrestrial component, will provide voice and data communications across North and South America using handsets the size of cellular phones, MSV said.
The three geo-mobile satellites will be among the largest and most powerful ever built, Boeing said, each supplying 11,000 watts of power. MSV-1 and MSV-2 satellites will cover Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Mexico and the Caribbean Basin. The third satellite, MSV-SA will provide service in South America. The satellites are scheduled to launch in 2009 and 2010.
In a telephone press conference, Alexander Good, chairman and CEO of MSV, said the contract is valued between $500 million and $1 billion, depending on the final configuration of the satellites. MSV has not chosen a launch provider.
This is Boeing's largest commercial satellite order since 1997.
