From Imagination to Innovation
Introducing TerreStar's integrated satellite-terrestrial system.
Welcome to the new generation of satellite technology. TerreStar is building the nation's first all-IP enabled, next generation mobile communications network over an integrated satellite-terrestrial system. This network will provide universal access and tailored applications to users throughout North America via mass-market commercial wireless devices.
TerreStar's network will operate in two 10-Mhz blocks of contiguous MSS spectrum in the 2 GHz band throughout the United States and Canada - with a spectrum footprint that covers a population of nearly 330 million.
TerreStar-1, launched on July 1, 2009, was constructed by Space Systems/Loral and is the world's largest and most powerful commercial satellite ever launched. With an antenna almost 60 feet across, and supporting 500 dynamically-configurable spot beams, TerreStar-1 will surpass the signal sensitivity and spot beam generation capability of all commercial satellites currently in orbit. The spot beam technology, coupled with Ground Based Beam Forming (GBBF), will allow TerreStar to allocate power and spectrum to situation-specific incidents ensuring capacity when and where it is needed.
Thanks to these resilient and flexible solutions, TerreStar can deliver services over a broad range of commercially available wireless devices including cell phones, PDAs, laptops and Land Mobile Radios (LMRs).