Inmarsat has signed a contract with arianespace to launch its s band satellite for the european aviation network ean on an ariane 5 heavy lift launch vehicle.
Inmarsat ean satellite launch.
It replaces the earlier cancelled europasat project.
We are delighted that the inmarsat s ean satellite has been successfully launched.
Our award winning inmarsat 4 i 4 fleet of satellites established the world s first global 3g mobile network.
Inmarsat to launch ean satellite with arianespace inmarsat recently announced that it would be using the french commercial launch service arianespace to put its newest satellite into earth orbit.
Thales alenia space announced in june 2014 the contract to built the europasat hellas sat 3 satellite based on the spacebus 4000c4 bus.
While the ean satellite was scheduled for a 2017 launch it will be launched from the guiana space center in kourou french guiana in mid 2017 on an ariane 5 heavy lift launch vehicle inmarsat.
The condosat is scheduled to be launched from the guiana space center in kourou french guiana in mid 2017.
In october 2017 the first test flights were successfully logged using some of the earlier deployed ground stations.
Hellassat 3 inmarsat s ean europasat is a powerful telecommunications condominium satellite for inmarsat and hellas sat.
This is a significant milestone for inmarsat and the many leading european companies that are involved in the project including deutsche telekom thales alenia space arianespace cobham satcom nokia ote and others.
The satellite is a european aviation network ean s band satellite and will be launched in mid 2017 from the space centre in french guiana in 2017 using the successful ariane 5 rocket.
The satellite is a european aviation network ean s band satellite and will be launched in mid 2017 from the space centre in french guiana in 2017 using the successful ariane 5 rocket.
These satellites provided the inmarsat a service for maritime uses.
It will deliver a multi beam mission in s band.
The satellite will provide mobile satellite services mss fixed satellite services fss and broadcast satellite services bss.
Inmarsat announced in september 2017 that the satellite was ready for service.
In february 2018 inmarsat deutsche telekom and nokia declared the 300 tower ground component fully deployed and the integration testing complete.
Launched between 2005 and 2008 the first three i 4s were built by an international team from the united kingdom france germany the usa and canada.
The ean payload is part of a condosat constructed by thales alenia space which incorporates a second payload for hellas sat.
In the early 1990s inmarsat launched its first dedicated satellite constellation inmarsat 2.
It was quite the launch night.
The condosat was originally scheduled for launch with spacex.