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Satellites

MSAT M1 and M2

Mobile Communications Satellites

MSAT M2 is also known as AMSC 1 (American Mobile Satellite Corporation 1). MSAT is the most powerful and the most sophisticated satellite ever built for mobile communications. The MSAT satellite was a joint development of Hughes Space and Communications Company and Spar Aerospace Limited. A joint Hughes/Spar team conducted the integration and test program at the CSA's David Florida Laboratory (DFL) in Ottawa.