Boeing Ships Third Thuraya Communications Satellite to Sea Launch Home Port

(St. Louis, October 4, 2007) -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has shipped the third Thuraya communications satellite from its satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif., to the Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., where it will be prepared for a November launch. Based on the flight-proven 702 satellite model, Thuraya 3 is the third Boeing GEO-Mobile spacecraft manufactured for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company.

"Over the past decade, Boeing has shared a successful exclusive partnership with Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company," said Howard Chambers, vice president of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. "Thuraya 3 is the latest advanced spacecraft we have built for our customer, and we look forward to this successful launch."

Source : Boeing

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