[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  SkyTerra Communications, which is now LightSquared after yesterday’s $7 billion deal between Harbinger and Nokia, will delay the launch of the $400 million   SkyTerra-1 satellite after being notified of a technical glitch by manufacturer Boeing Co., LightSquared announced July 20.
    The launch was originally scheduled for Aug. 16. SkyTerra-1, the first of two satellites will now be launched into orbit by ILS from Kazakhstan in December or early 2011. LightSquared said that Boeing would run additional tests on the spacecraft in preparation of the new launch date.
    Harbinger plans to use SkyTerra-1 to set up a wholesale 4G wireless network serving nearly the entire U.S. population by the end of 2015.