Satellite for US cell phone service launched

The world's largest commercial satellite is in space, where it will provide phone service to cellular "dead zones" in North America. The satellite, owned by TerreStar Corp. of Reston, Va., blasted off from Kourou in French Guiana, shortly before 2 p.m. Eastern time. It was carried by a French Ariane-5... [read full story]                    

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