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):
March 13, 2006 (March 13, 2006)

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

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

        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):





Forward-Looking Statements

        This Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements regarding our expected financial position and operating results, our business strategy, and our financing plans are forward-looking statements. These statements can sometimes be identified by our use of forward-looking words such as "may," "will," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," or "intend." These forward-looking statements reflect our plans, expectations, and beliefs and, accordingly, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. We cannot guarantee that any of such forward-looking statements will be realized.

        All of our subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements (or statements that may be attributed to us) are expressly qualified by the risk factors included in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the risk factors described in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") from time to time.

        Our forward-looking statements are based on information available to us today, and we undertake no obligation to update these statements. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed.

Section 7—Regulation FD

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

        Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto is certain information concerning the business of Mobile Satellite Ventures LP ("MSV") that is being provided to certain persons in connection with a proposed private financing transaction of MSV. SkyTerra Communications, Inc., through its 80% owned subsidiary, MSV Investors LLC, owns 23% of MSV on an undiluted basis.

        For the purpose of Exhibit 99.1, the terms "we," "our," "us," the "Company" and "MSV" refer to MSV, its subsidiaries Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc. and Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Holdings Inc., and "issuers" refers to MSV and MSV Finance Co., in each case except where the context otherwise requires or as otherwise indicated. "MSV Canada" refers to Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc. "Canadian joint ventures," refers to MSV Canada and Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Holdings Inc.

Section 9—Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits.

        The exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K is listed on the Exhibit Index on page 4 hereof, which is incorporated by reference in this Item 9.01(d).

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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: March 13, 2006   By:   /s/  ROBERT C. LEWIS      
Name: Robert C. Lewis
Title:    Senior Vice President, General
             Counsel and Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Number

   
  Description

99.1     Regulation FD Disclosure

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