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'''MSAT''', short for '''''Mobile Satellite''''', is a [[satellite]]-based [[mobile telephony]] service developed by the [[National Research Council of Canada]]. Supported by a number of companies in the [[United States|US]] and Canada, MSAT hosts a number of services, including the broadcast of [[CDGPS]] signals. The [http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/601/msat/msat.html MSAT satellites] were built by Hughes (now owned by [[Boeing]]) with a 3 kilowatt solar array power capacity and sufficient fuel for a design life of twelve years. TMI of Canada referred to its MSAT satellite as MSAT-1, while American Mobile Satellite Consortium (now [[SkyTerra]]) referred to its MSAT as AMSC-1, with each satellite providing backup for the other.
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'''MSAT''' ('''Mobile Satellite''') is a [[satellite]]-based [[mobile telephony]] service developed by the [[National Research Council Canada]] (NRC). Supported by a number of companies in the [[United States|US]] and Canada, MSAT hosts a number of services, including the broadcast of [[CDGPS]] signals. The MSAT satellites were built by Hughes (now owned by [[Boeing]]) with a 3 kilowatt solar array power capacity and sufficient fuel for a design life of twelve years. TMI Communications of Canada referred to its MSAT satellite as MSAT-1, while American Mobile Satellite Consortium (now [[Ligado Networks]]) referred to its MSAT as AMSC-1, with each satellite providing backup for the other.


==History==
==History==
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amsc_msat.htm|title=AMSC 1 / M-Sat 1|website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref>
* April 7, 1995 - MSAT-2 (aka AMSC-1) launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], Launch Complex 36, Pad A, aboard [[Atlas II|Atlas IIA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/maps/launches/LC36Launches.htm|title=Florida Today Space and Missile Launch Database|accessdate=2006-11-26 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070317031734/http://www.floridatoday.com/maps/launches/LC36Launches.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-03-17}}</ref>
* April 7, 1995 - '''MSAT-2''' (a.k.a. '''AMSC-1''', COSPAR 1995-019A, SATCAT 23553) launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], Launch Complex 36, Pad A, aboard [[Atlas II|Atlas IIA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/maps/launches/LC36Launches.htm |title=Florida Today Space and Missile Launch Database |access-date=2006-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317031734/http://www.floridatoday.com/maps/launches/LC36Launches.htm |archive-date=2007-03-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* May 1995 - testing causes overheating and damage to one of eight hybrid matrix amplifier output ports aboard MSAT-2<ref name="q1-1996">{{cite web|url=http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?FilingID=503983&Type=HTML|title=AMERICAN MOBILE SATELLITE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES: Form 10-Q|date=2006-05-14|accessdate=2006-11-27}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
* May 1995 - testing causes overheating and damage to one of eight hybrid matrix amplifier output ports aboard MSAT-2<ref name="q1-1996">{{cite web|url=http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?FilingID=503983&Type=HTML|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930183504/http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?FilingID=503983&Type=HTML|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-30|title=AMERICAN MOBILE SATELLITE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES: Form 10-Q|date=2006-05-14|access-date=2006-11-27}}</ref>
* April 20, 1996 - MSAT-1 launched from [[Kourou, French Guiana]] aboard [[Ariane (rocket)|Ariane 42P]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conveyor.com/space/news/can-space-5-96.html|title=MSAT-1 TO LAUNCH APRIL 20TH|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/launch/launched2.html|title=Boeing: Chronology of Launches|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref>
* April 20, 1996 - '''MSAT-1''' (sometimes '''AMSC 2''', COSPAR 1996-022A, SATCAT 23846) launched from [[Kourou, French Guiana]] aboard [[Ariane (rocket)|Ariane 42P]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conveyor.com/space/news/can-space-5-96.html |title=MSAT-1 TO LAUNCH APRIL 20TH |access-date=2006-11-26 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624011242/http://www.conveyor.com/space/news/can-space-5-96.html |archive-date=2006-06-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/launch/launched2.html |title=Boeing: Chronology of Launches |access-date=2006-11-26 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207023502/http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/launch/launched2.html |archive-date=2006-12-07 }}</ref>
* May 15, 1996 - Reported failures of two solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and one L-band receiver on separate occasions aboard MSAT-2.<ref name="q1-1996" />
* May 15, 1996 - Reported failures of two solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and one L-band receiver on separate occasions aboard MSAT-2.<ref name="q1-1996" />
* May 4, 2003 - MSAT-1 loses two power amplifiers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdgps.com/e/cdgps_documents/Service%20Outage-2003-11-30.pdf|title=Service Outage - November 30, 2003|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref>
* May 4, 2003 - MSAT-1 loses two power amplifiers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdgps.com/e/cdgps_documents/Service%20Outage-2003-11-30.pdf |title=Service Outage - November 30, 2003 |access-date=2006-11-26 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928143518/http://www.cdgps.com/e/cdgps_documents/Service%20Outage-2003-11-30.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>


==Phaseout==
==Phaseout==
MSAT-1 and MSAT-2 have had their share of problems. Mobile Satellite Ventures placed the AMSC-1 satellite into a 2.5 degree [[inclined orbit]] operations mode in November 2004, reducing station keeping fuel usage and extending the satellite's useful life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sec.edgar-online.com/2005/11/03/0001214659-05-001601/Section58.asp|title=MOTIENT CORP: Form S-1|date=2005-11-03|accessdate=2006-11-27}}</ref>
MSAT-1 and MSAT-2 have had their share of problems. Mobile Satellite Ventures placed the AMSC-1 satellite into a 2.5 degree [[inclined orbit]] operations mode in November 2004, reducing station-keeping fuel usage and extending the satellite's useful life.<ref name="MOTIENT-CORP-Nov-2005-S-1">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1313/121465905001601/filing-main.htm |title=MOTIENT CORP, Form S-1, Filing Date Nov 3, 2005 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =May 14, 2018}}</ref>


On January 11, 2006, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSVLP) (now [[SkyTerra]]) announced plans to launch a new generation of satellites (in a 3 satellite configuration) to replace the MSAT satellites by 2010. MSV has said that all old MSAT gear would be compatible with the new satellites.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msvlp.com/media/press-releases-view.cfm?id=84&yr=2006|title=Mobile Satellite Ventures Engages Boeing To Develop Next Generation Satellites|accessdate=2006-11-26 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061114162533/http://www.msvlp.com/media/press-releases-view.cfm?id=84&yr=2006 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2006-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msvlp.com/investor/fact-sheet.cfm|title=Company Fact Sheet: Investor/Financial|accessdate=2006-11-26 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061114162616/http://www.msvlp.com/investor/fact-sheet.cfm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2006-11-14}}</ref>
On January 11, 2006, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSVLP) (changed name to [[SkyTerra]], then became by acquisition [[LightSquared]], then after bankruptcy [[Ligado Networks]]) announced plans to launch a new generation of satellites (in a 3 satellite configuration) to replace the MSAT satellites by 2010. MSV has said that all old MSAT gear would be compatible with the new satellites.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msvlp.com/media/press-releases-view.cfm?id=84&yr=2006 |title=Mobile Satellite Ventures Engages Boeing To Develop Next Generation Satellites |access-date=2006-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114162533/http://www.msvlp.com/media/press-releases-view.cfm?id=84&yr=2006 |archive-date=2006-11-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msvlp.com/investor/fact-sheet.cfm |title=Company Fact Sheet: Investor/Financial |access-date=2006-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114162616/http://www.msvlp.com/investor/fact-sheet.cfm |archive-date=2006-11-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* MSV-1 (U.S.)
* MSV-1 (U.S.)
* MSV-2 (Canada)
* MSV-2 (Canada)
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The following services are singularly dependent upon the continued operation of the MSAT satellite:
The following services are singularly dependent upon the continued operation of the MSAT satellite:
* [[CDGPS]] - a differential correction signal system for improved GPS navigation accuracy
* [[CDGPS]] - a differential correction signal system for improved GPS navigation accuracy
* Mobile Telephony - by Mobile Satellite Ventures
* Fleet Dispatch and Trailer Tracking - by [http://www.xata.com XATA]
* Trailer Tracking - by [[SkyWave Mobile Communications]]
* Trailer Tracking - by [[SkyWave Mobile Communications]]
* Trailer Tracking - by [[Skybitz|SkyBitz]]
* Trailer Tracking - by [[Skybitz|SkyBitz]]
* Fleet Dispatch - by [http://www.wirelessmatrixcorp.com/ Wireless Matrix]
* Fleet Management and Asset Tracking by [CES Wireless Technologies Corp] [http://www.ceswireless.com]
* EMERGNET - by [[Glentel]]
* EMERGNET - by [[Glentel]]

== See also ==
* [[Mobile-satellite service]]
* [[Satellite phone]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.msvlp.com Mobile Satellite Ventures]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204191258/http://www.msvlp.com/ Mobile Satellite Ventures]
* [http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/601/msat/msat.html Mobile Satellite System for Canada, U.S.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604025340/http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/601/msat/msat.html Mobile Satellite System for Canada, U.S.]
* [http://www.mobilsat.com/Mobile-satellite-TV/ Mobile Satellite Systems]

{{Canadian Space Agency}}

[[Category:Communications satellites]]
[[Category:Communications satellites]]
[[Category:GPS]]
[[Category:Global Positioning System]]

Latest revision as of 17:37, 15 December 2024

MSAT (Mobile Satellite) is a satellite-based mobile telephony service developed by the National Research Council Canada (NRC). Supported by a number of companies in the US and Canada, MSAT hosts a number of services, including the broadcast of CDGPS signals. The MSAT satellites were built by Hughes (now owned by Boeing) with a 3 kilowatt solar array power capacity and sufficient fuel for a design life of twelve years. TMI Communications of Canada referred to its MSAT satellite as MSAT-1, while American Mobile Satellite Consortium (now Ligado Networks) referred to its MSAT as AMSC-1, with each satellite providing backup for the other.

History

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  • April 7, 1995 - MSAT-2 (a.k.a. AMSC-1, COSPAR 1995-019A, SATCAT 23553) launched from Cape Canaveral, Launch Complex 36, Pad A, aboard Atlas IIA[2]
  • May 1995 - testing causes overheating and damage to one of eight hybrid matrix amplifier output ports aboard MSAT-2[3]
  • April 20, 1996 - MSAT-1 (sometimes AMSC 2, COSPAR 1996-022A, SATCAT 23846) launched from Kourou, French Guiana aboard Ariane 42P[4][5]
  • May 15, 1996 - Reported failures of two solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and one L-band receiver on separate occasions aboard MSAT-2.[3]
  • May 4, 2003 - MSAT-1 loses two power amplifiers.[6]

Phaseout

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MSAT-1 and MSAT-2 have had their share of problems. Mobile Satellite Ventures placed the AMSC-1 satellite into a 2.5 degree inclined orbit operations mode in November 2004, reducing station-keeping fuel usage and extending the satellite's useful life.[7]

On January 11, 2006, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSVLP) (changed name to SkyTerra, then became by acquisition LightSquared, then after bankruptcy Ligado Networks) announced plans to launch a new generation of satellites (in a 3 satellite configuration) to replace the MSAT satellites by 2010. MSV has said that all old MSAT gear would be compatible with the new satellites.[8][9]

  • MSV-1 (U.S.)
  • MSV-2 (Canada)
  • MSV-SA (South America)

Services Delivered via MSAT

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The following services are singularly dependent upon the continued operation of the MSAT satellite:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AMSC 1 / M-Sat 1". Gunter's Space Page.
  2. ^ "Florida Today Space and Missile Launch Database". Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
  3. ^ a b "AMERICAN MOBILE SATELLITE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES: Form 10-Q". 2006-05-14. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
  4. ^ "MSAT-1 TO LAUNCH APRIL 20TH". Archived from the original on 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
  5. ^ "Boeing: Chronology of Launches". Archived from the original on 2006-12-07. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
  6. ^ "Service Outage - November 30, 2003" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
  7. ^ "MOTIENT CORP, Form S-1, Filing Date Nov 3, 2005". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Mobile Satellite Ventures Engages Boeing To Develop Next Generation Satellites". Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
  9. ^ "Company Fact Sheet: Investor/Financial". Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
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