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Inmarsat selected SWISSto12 to develop three I-8 eighth-generation geostationary satellites to provide additional network resilience.
The Hughes 9203 BGAN Terminal is powered by Inmarsat’s ELERA (L-band) satellite network.
Inmarsat launched two I-6 generation satellites in December 2021 and February 2023.
Inmarsat aims to launch polar-coverage satellites GX10a and GX10b in the first half of 2024.
Inmarsat was founded in 1979 under the auspices of the United Nations to provide highly reliable safety communications.
Inmarsat will begin introducing L-band capacity and transitioning services to I-6 F1 throughout 2023.
The Inmarsat-8 program is part of Inmarsat’s fully funded technology roadmap that will add five new satellite payloads by 2025 to expand the Global Xpress network.
Inmarsat’s global L-band network provides 99.9% availability every day.
Inmarsat’s new Inmarsat-8 (I-8) small satellites are scheduled to launch in 2026.
Inmarsat was founded in 1979 under the auspices of the United Nations to provide highly reliable safety communications.
The Inmarsat-8 programme is part of Inmarsat’s fully funded technology roadmap that will add five new satellite payloads by 2025 to the Global Xpress (GX) network.
Inmarsat’s network is used by around 1.6 million seafarers and by over 200 airlines.
Inmarsat reported adjusted EBITDA of $259,000,000 for the three months ended 2023-03-31, a 32% increase year-on-year.
Inmarsat’s two I-6 generation satellites were launched in December 2021 and February 2023.
I-8’s transponders will feed into Inmarsat’s Satellite-Based Augmentation System services that increase GPS accuracy from 5–10 m to as little as 0.1 m for coastguards, air traffic controllers, and other users.
The Viasat–Inmarsat transaction received unconditional approval from the U.K. competition watchdog on 2023-05-09 and approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on 2023-05-19, and it still requires approval from European authorities.
The three I-8 satellites will provide additional network resilience for Inmarsat’s global L-band safety services.
Inmarsat ordered three small geostationary satellites from Swissto12 for a launch in 2026 to fortify its L-band safety services.
Inmarsat has five more payloads in the pipeline for deployment by 2025: three payloads from Airbus for the operator’s Global Xpress Ka-band broadband network in geostationary orbit and two hosted payloads Northrop Grumman is building for highly elliptical orbit.
Inmarsat reported a 16% year-on-year rise in revenues to $403,000,000 for the three months ended 2023-03-31.