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Current Generation Satellite Services

LightSquared has been delivering mobile satellite voice and data services to North America since 1995 over its MSAT-1 and MSAT-2 satellites. Today hundreds of thousands of devices operate using the LightSquared SkyTerra 1 satellite, providing reliable, ubiquitous coverage primarily for public safety, security, fleet management and asset tracking.


Existing Satellite Service Providers

USA and Canada

  • BroadPoint
  • DialTone
  • EMS
  • Glentel
  • InfoSat
  • International Satellite Services
  • Network Innovations
  • Stratos
  • Waveburst

Mexico

  • Astrum
  • Inmosat

Next Generation Satellite Services

LightSquared's next-generation satellite system allows users within the United States to use conventional mobile handsets or other devices, equipped with the LightSquared chipset, to access the satellite system with high link availability and long battery lifetimes. Further, the combination of the LightSquared’s integrated satellite and 4G terrestrial network provides an unprecedented level of coverage throughout the United States.

Through its wholesale-only business model, those without their own wireless network or who have limited geographic coverage or spectrum can market and sell their own products using the LightSquared network—at a competitive price and without retail competition from LightSquared.

Satellite Services Information

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Customer Technical Support

Email csrhelp@lightsquared.com
Toll free 800-216-6728


SkyTerra 1 Satellite Launch


Satellite: Boeing 702HP
Launched: November 14th, 2010 from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch Service: International Launch Services
Launch Vehicle: Proton Breeze M Rocket
Commercial Traffic began July 2011

The SkyTerra 1 satellite features a 22-meter L-band reflector-based antenna — the largest commercial antenna reflector to be put into service. The satellite is among the most powerful commercial satellites ever built and will provide ubiquitous nationwide coverage and enable integrated satellite-terrestrial service using products that are similar to today’s typical mobile devices in terms of size, capabilities and build costs.

The launch of commercial traffic on SkyTerra 1 marked a significant milestone in LightSquared’s path towards the creation of its next-generation, integrated nationwide network that will be among the world’s first to combine satellite and 4G-LTE terrestrial technologies.



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