Thuraya launched Atlas IP, maritime-focused satellite terminal. It’s...

Thuraya launched Atlas IP, maritime-focused satellite terminal. It’s designed to complement the Thuraya Orion IP broadband terminal “by offering a fully-featured voice and data product with additional functionality built in,” Thuraya said Monday in a news release (http://bit.ly/1pMoVmj). The terminal offers features “designed to support improved communications functionality and enhance shipboard operations,” it said. It’s capable of standard IP data transfer at rates up to 444 kbps and asymmetric streaming capability of 16 kbps-384 kbps, it said.