The third Thuraya communications satellite has now been shipped by Boeing [NYSE: BA] from their El Segundo, California manufacturing facility to the Sea Launch Home Port located in Long Beach, California. At the Sea Launch facility, the satellite will be prepped for its launch next month. Thuraya 3 is the third Boeing GEO-mobile spacecraft they’ve manufactured for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company and is based on the already flight-proven 702 satellite model.
Thuraya 1 and 2 started their commercial ops in 2001 and 2003, respectively, and they provide mobile communications from more than 2.3 billion users. Thuraya 3 will serve the key markets of China, Australia, Japan and Korea. Plus, Boeing has incorporated on-board digital signal processing able to redirect coverage to help meet the market demands in more than 100 countries—St. Louis, Missouri
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