The similar Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite, launched in late 2021, is functioning normally.
The twin Inmarsat-6 F1 (I6 F1) satellite was launched in December 2021 and is operational.
The twin Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite (I6 F1), which was launched in December 2021, is operational and continues to perform as expected.
The twin Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite (I6 F1) was launched in December 2021 and is operational.
Inmarsat-6 F1 launched in December 2021 and Inmarsat-6 F1 and F2 together effectively double Inmarsat’s usable L-band capacity.
Both Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2 were built by Airbus and are equipped with a hybrid Ka-band and L-band payload.
Inmarsat-6 F1 is due to start operations from a geostationary slot over the Indian Ocean early 2023 after its 2021-12-01 launch by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2 each feature a 9-meter aperture L-band antenna and six multi-beam Ka-band antennas.
Inmarsat has commissioned ten geo-telecommunications satellites from Airbus including Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2.
Inmarsat-6 F1 reached its geostationary testing location in summer 2022 and was scheduled to enter service in early 2023.
Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2 carry modular digital processors that provide full routing flexibility over up to 8,000 channels and dynamic power allocation to over 200 spot beams in L-band per spacecraft.
Both Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2 carry a hybrid L- and Ka-band payload for providing mobile connectivity services to maritime, aviation, and government customers.
Inmarsat-6 F1 used its onboard electric propulsion to climb to a geostationary testing location in summer 2022.
Inmarsat-6 F2 is identical to the Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched in late 2021 toward a geostationary orbit above the Indian Ocean.
A little over two hours after deployment, Inmarsat acquired initial telemetry from Inmarsat-6 F1.
Inmarsat-6 F1 relies on all-electric propulsion for orbit raising and will need about 200 days to climb to its geostationary slot above the Indian Ocean.
The H-2A deployed the nearly 5,500-kilogram Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit about 26 minutes after liftoff.
Inmarsat-6 F1 is the first of two identical satellites ordered from Airbus Defence and Space equipped with a hybrid L- and Ka-band payload.
Inmarsat-6 F1 also features nine steerable multi-beam Ka-band antennas.
Seven further GX satellites are scheduled to launch by 2024, beginning with Inmarsat-6 F1 (I‑6 F1) in December 2021.