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WORLD-LEADING PROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY - Built by Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) and launched in October 2000, the Boeing GEO-Mobile (GEM) model Thuraya satellite features the world's most powerful satellite digital communications processor. The satellite's digital communications processor built by BSS and IBM has successfully completed on-orbit test and evaluation. Using the satellite's on-orbit test capability, BSS engineers have confirmed perfect performance of this state-of-the-art commercial digital signal processing technology.


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