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Two Intelsat Spacecraft to be Built by Thales Alenia Space

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Tom Patton
Jan 18, 2022
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Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract to build two Intelsat spacecraft to serve the world’s first global 5G software-defined unified network.

“With the addition of IS-41 and IS-44, in partnership with Thales Alenia Space, Intelsat will blanket the earth with software-defined satellites, making significant progress towards building the world’s first g…

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