Inmarsat Satellite Launch

The launch window is between 21 08 and 22 43 uk.

Inmarsat satellite launch.

The satellite was lifted into orbit by an ariane 5 launch vehicle from the ariane launch complex no. The very high throughput satellite v hts reached its final orbital slot of 11e in geostationary orbit 35 786km 22 236 miles above earth on 17 august 2020. Isat is a british satellite telecommunications company offering global mobile services. The satellite is scheduled to launch in 2021.

The first satellite i 6 f1 is scheduled for launch in 2020 and its electric propulsion system will enable it to reach geostationary orbit in four to six months depending on the type of launcher used. It has been designed to remain in service in orbit for more than 15 years. Together with an expanded ground station network and enhanced cloud based processing gx5 supplements the global coverage of gx and supports the growth in customer demand for gx services in the. Inmarsat 6 f1 is a communications satellite to be operated by the british satellite operator inmarsat and designed and manufactured by airbus defence and space on the eurostar 3000eor platform.

Inmarsat s network provides communications services to a range of governments aid agencies. Scheduled to launch in 2022 gx10a and 10b will be the first satellites in the gx network to be placed into highly elliptical orbit heo showcasing inmarsat s approach to providing customers with connectivity. 3 ela 3 in kourou french guiana. 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 company s next satellite inmarsat 6 f1 is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a mitsubishi heavy industries h 2a rocket followed by inmarsat 6 f2 on a to be announced launcher in 2021. Our award winning inmarsat 4 i 4 fleet of satellites established the world s first global 3g mobile network. Inmarsat the world leader in global mobile satellite communications has received formal confirmation from its launch partner arianespace that the company s gx5 satellite will be launched from the guiana space center in kourou french guiana on friday 22 november 2019. The satellite provides additional capacity to europe and the middle east on the i global xpress gx ka band satellite broadband service.

Part of the i 6 satellite fleet it will be inmarsat s first dual payload satellite with capabilities in both l band and k a band. The satellite was launched by arianespace in november 2019 and delivers approximately double the combined capacity of the entire existing gx fleet gx1 gx4.