ICO North America Successfully Completes Thermal Vacuum Test.RESTON, Va. -- ICO ICO Icon (File Name Extension) ICO In Case Of ICO Information Commissioner's Office (UK) ICO Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Spain: Official Credit Institute) North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Inc. announced the successful and timely completion of the thermal vacuum test milestone for its 2 GHz mobile satellite service ("MSS") satellite, as required by the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. . ICO's 2 GHz MSS communications satellite communications satellite artificial satellite that functions as part of a global radio-communications network. Echo 1, the first communications satellite, launched in 1960, was an instrumented inflatable sphere that passively reflected radio signals back to is under construction in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. by Space Systems/Loral, Inc. Bob Day, ICO's Senior Vice President, Space Systems, commented, "These tests are designed to verify the satellite performance under the various hot and cold temperature conditions which the satellite will encounter in orbit. The Loral team has done a great job and we are very pleased with the test results." Space Systems/Loral's Executive Program Director for ICO, Greg Bossert, added, "The ICO satellite which employs an advanced MSS payload with Ground Based Beam Forming is now moving on to the vibration testing phase and final performance verification in preparation for our scheduled launch later this year." About ICO ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (www.ico.com) is a next-generation satellite communications company based in Reston, Virginia. ICO is developing an advanced hybrid system, combining both satellite and terrestrial communications capabilities, in order to offer wireless voice, data, video, and Internet services on mobile and portable devices. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the launch of ICO's satellite. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expected results. More information about risks is contained in ICO's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and its other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak as of the date hereof, and ICO undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason. |
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