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Inmarsat has not ruled out ordering LEO satellites for Orchestra, and both partnering for or building the LEO dimension of Orchestra remain options under consideration.
The statutory deadline for the U.K.’s competition watchdog to decide on the Viasat–Inmarsat deal is 2023-03-30.
Inmarsat holds global L-band spectrum rights and has been developing plans to provide services from low Earth orbit.
Viasat agreed to acquire Inmarsat in November 2021 and is awaiting United Kingdom and European regulatory approvals for the transaction.
Cobham Satcom has been chosen by Inmarsat Government to supply new generation SAILOR XTR user terminals.
Inmarsat Government is upgrading the primary Military Sealift Command afloat network from Ku-band VSAT to the Global Xpress Ka-band under a 10-year, $578,000,000 Follow-On contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded in August 2022.
Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2 each feature a 9-meter aperture L-band antenna and six multi-beam Ka-band antennas.
Inmarsat-6 F2 will be the ninth Eurostar spacecraft in orbit that is equipped with electric propulsion for orbit raising.
Inmarsat ORCHESTRA is Inmarsat’s planned multi-dimensional ‘network of networks’ that will build on existing space-based capabilities to increase capacity and add features into the 2030s and beyond.
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.
The Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 F2 geostationary telecommunications satellite arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on board an Airbus Beluga ready for its launch in February.
Inmarsat has commissioned ten geo-telecommunications satellites from Airbus including Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2.
The first Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 satellite, I-6 F1, was launched in December 2021.
Airbus investments in the platform and payload technologies used on Inmarsat-6 are supported by the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and CNES.
Inmarsat-6 F1 reached its geostationary testing location in summer 2022 and was scheduled to enter service in early 2023.
Inmarsat-6 F1 used its onboard electric propulsion to climb to a geostationary testing location in summer 2022.
SpaceX is slated to launch Inmarsat-6 F2 on a Falcon 9 in mid-February toward an orbital slot covering the Americas.
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 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.
Airbus expects Inmarsat-6 F2 to complete post-launch orbital maneuvers and testing and to enter service in early 2024.