UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


               Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
                         July 26, 2006 (July 25, 2006)


                         SkyTerra Communications, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                     000-13865                23-2368845
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
    of Incorporation)                                    Identification Number)

            19 West 44th Street, Suite 507, New York, New York 10036
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                 (212) 730-7540
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Section 2 - Financial Information

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

         On July 26, 2006, SkyTerra Communications, Inc. (the "Company") issued
a press release in connection with the redemption of of all of its Series A
Preferred Stock and the issuance of its voting and non-voting common stock to
its preferred stockholders in connection therewith; the completion of the
rights offering that it launched on June 22, 2006; and the re-election of all
of the members of the Company's board of directors, the approval of the
Company's 2006 Equity and Incentive Plan, and the ratification of appointment
of Ernst & Young as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
for the year ending December 31, 2006 at the Company's annual meeting held on
July 25, 2006. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 3 - Securities and Trading Markets

Item 3.02.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

         The information provided in response to Item 2.01 of this Current
Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

         The shares of the Company's voting and non-voting common stock sold
directly to its preferred stockholders, Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P. and its
affiliates ("Apollo"), were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). The shares were issued to Apollo, which are
accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D, in
reliance on exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Appropriate
restrictive legends were affixed to the certificates representing the shares of
the common stock sold to Apollo.

Section 8 - Other Events

Item 8.01.  Other Events.

         The information provided in response to Item 2.01 of this Current
Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (d) Exhibits.

     Number       Description
     ------       -----------

     99.1         Press Release of SkyTerra Communications, Inc., dated
                  July 26, 2006.





                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereto duly authorized.


Date:  July 26, 2006                 By: /s/ ROBERT C. LEWIS
                                         -----------------------------------
                                         Name:   Robert C. Lewis
                                         Title:  Senior Vice President, General
                                                 Counsel and Secretary