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The U.K. provisionally cleared Viasat’s plan to buy London-based Inmarsat on 2023-03-01.
The in-depth competition investigations make completing the Viasat-Inmarsat deal by 2023-03-08 unlikely.
The European Commission expects to make its decision on the Viasat-Inmarsat transaction by 2023-06-29.
BSNL was cleared in 2022 to use a gateway installed in India to connect Inmarsat’s satellites to Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
In 2021, Inmarsat said that BSNL, an Indian state-owned telecom company, received the licenses needed to deliver broadband to aviation, maritime, and government customers in India using Inmarsat’s satellites.
Simon Shemetilo and Craig Alexander were chosen by Astronaut Tim Peake after Scouts from across the UK entered a competition hosted by Inmarsat and the scouting association.
Both Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 satellites are equipped with a hybrid Ka-band and L-band payload to primarily provide mobile connectivity services across maritime, aviation, and government markets.
SpaceX launched the Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite for Inmarsat to provide more capacity for partnerships in the emerging direct-to-device market.
Each Inmarsat-6 satellite is designed to operate for more than 15 years.
Inmarsat will add five more advanced spacecraft to its fleet by 2025 as part of a fully funded technology roadmap.
Inmarsat describes the I-6 F1 and I-6 F2 as the most sophisticated commercial communications satellites ever and expects them to provide a revolutionary upgrade in global coverage services for at least the next 15 years.
A Falcon 9 carrying the British company’s Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite lifted off at 10:59 p.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Inmarsat-6 F2 will use onboard electric propulsion to reach its geostationary orbit slot over the Atlantic Ocean over the next several months.
The increased capacity from the Inmarsat-6 satellites will primarily support voice and messaging services enabled via specialized handsets with bulky antennas and Inmarsat’s business for connecting remote tracking and monitoring devices.
Inmarsat launched its I-6 F2 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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 F2 will use onboard electric propulsion to reach its geostationary orbit slot over the Atlantic Ocean over the next several months.
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.
Each Inmarsat-6 satellite is designed to operate for more than 15 years.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying Inmarsat-6 F2 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2023-02-17 with liftoff at 10:59 p.m. Eastern.