Fact Sheet

Coverage Area: Europe, North, Central Africa and large parts Southern Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia.

Services: Voice, data, fax, short messaging and location determination (Global Positioning System-GPS).

  • Voice: Comparable to GSM quality
  • Fax: ITU-T G3 at 9.6 Kbps
  • Data: 9.6 Kbps
  • Messaging: GSM short messaging service
  • Location determination: Within 100 m. accuracy
    (Global Positioning System-GPS)

Type of Terminals: Hand held, vehicular and fixed

Launch date: The first satellite was deployed on 21st October 2000 and Thuraya’s commercial roll out began in May 2001.

Thuraya’s second satellite Thuraya 2 was launched on the 10th of June 2003 while a third satellite is being built by Boeing Satellite Systems to expand system capacity. The Thuraya 2 satellite was deployed into geosynchronous transfer orbit by Sea Launch, which was also the launching vehicle for Thuraya’s first satellite.

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