Space Systems/Loral Resumes Construction of WildBlue Ka-Band Satellite

Space Systems/Loral resumed construction of WildBlue-1, all-Ka-band, multiple spot-beam broadband satellite. WildBlue Communications recently announced that INTELSAT, Liberty Satellite & Technology, the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and David Drucker, WildBlue’s chairman, agreed to invest $156 million in the company. The WildBlue-1 satellite will cover North America with 41 overlapping Ka-band spot beams. Eight tracking antennas on board the satellite provide precision pointing of the beams over the contiguous US. The satellite will provide two-way wireless Internet access using a mini-dish antenna.
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