LA PLATA, Maryland — EchoStar Corp. plans to spend around $5 billion on a global S-band direct-to-device constellation of low-orbiting satellites, with the first tranche of 200 to be built by MDA Space of Canada using MDA’s Aurora D2D platform, both companies announced Aug. 1.
MDA is building a similar, but for now less expansive, constellation for Globalstar, on behalf of Apple and Globalstar.
EchoStar’s decision to move forward on a constellation to use . . .
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