美国第一代移动通信卫星的研制方针是,由工业部门使用自己的资金投标,要求第一代移动通信卫星尽快实现商业化,并向美航宇局和其他政府机构提供2年的试验容量(美航宇局负责发射)。前2年,80％的系统容量分配给商用,20％的容量用于试验;2年以后,这20％的试验信道也转为商用。在所有向美联邦通信委员会(FCC)申请建立移动通信卫星业务的公司中,Omninet公司的步伐最快,成为美国第一代移动通信卫星系统的主承包商,根据和该 The first generation of mobile communications satellites in the United States was developed by the industrial sector to use its own funds for bidding to commercialize the first generation of mobile communications satellites as soon as possible and provide the NASA and other government agencies with a 2-year pilot capacity NASA responsible for launching). In the first two years, 80% of the system capacity was allocated for commercial use and 20% of capacity was used for testing; after 2 years, 20% of the pilot channels were also converted to commercial. Omninet is the fastest growing carrier of all filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a mobile communications satellite service and is the prime contractor for the first generation of mobile communications satellite systems in the United States,