Hughes' Spaceway 3 Satellite Arrives
Germantown, Md., July 16, 2007
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) today announced that its Spaceway ™ 3 satellite has arrived at the Arianespace launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana where the Ariane 5 heavy launcher will launch the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The scheduled launch date is August 14, 2007.
The Spaceway 3 satellite will operate in the globally assigned Ka-band spectrum and will be used to provide a new range of satellite internet broadband services to enterprise, consumer, and government customers throughout North America. Its innovative design includes onboard dynamic multi-beam switching to deliver bandwidth on demand and direct site-to-site mesh networking by HughesNet. This technology eliminates the requirement for broadband traffic to be routed through a central hub earth station.
more..
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) today announced that its Spaceway ™ 3 satellite has arrived at the Arianespace launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana where the Ariane 5 heavy launcher will launch the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The scheduled launch date is August 14, 2007.
The Spaceway 3 satellite will operate in the globally assigned Ka-band spectrum and will be used to provide a new range of satellite internet broadband services to enterprise, consumer, and government customers throughout North America. Its innovative design includes onboard dynamic multi-beam switching to deliver bandwidth on demand and direct site-to-site mesh networking by HughesNet. This technology eliminates the requirement for broadband traffic to be routed through a central hub earth station.
more.. 
