Tuesday, November 16, 2010

DTN News: Boeing SkyTerra 1 Satellite Sends 1st Signals From Space....NSI News Source Info # 1209

(NSI News Source Info) EL SEGUNDO, Calif., - November 16, 2010: Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received the first on-orbit signals from Light Squared'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.

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