Satellite for US cell phone service launched

Jul. 1, 2009
The world's largest commercial satellite was launched into space Wednesday, with a mission to provide phone service to cellular "dead zones" in North America. The satellite, owned by TerreStar Corp. of Reston, Va., blasted off from Kourou in the South...
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