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Inmarsat

GB
commercialFounded 1979
London, England, United Kingdom
www.viasat.com
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Inmarsat, Intelsat, and SES signed onto the Space Safety Coalition best-practices document as major operators of geostationary orbit satellites.

Mentioned as: InmarsatTechnical ProductSep 18, 2019New coalition seeks to improve space safety

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is planning two commercial H-2A launches in 2020 for the Inmarsat-6 communications satellite and the UAE Mars orbiter Hope.

Mentioned as: InmarsatNarrative GeneralSep 11, 2019Launch pad fire scrubs Japanese ISS launch

The seven non-replacement commercial GEO orders 2019 include three Global Xpress satellites from Inmarsat, Viasat’s Asia-Pacific ViaSat-3 satellite, PSN’s SATRIA satellite, and Space Norway’s two Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission satellites.

Mentioned as: InmarsatTechnical ProductSep 10, 2019GEO satellite orders are up, but full rebound remains to be seen

Inmarsat announced plans in May 2019 to buy three GX Flex satellites from Airbus.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2019Arianespace reveals manifest, notes launch market variety

The International Telecommunication Union deployed 50 satellite phones from Iridium and broadband terminals from Inmarsat to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.

Mentioned as: inmarsatTechnical ProductSep 7, 2019SpaceX says more Starlink orbits will speed service, reduce launch needs

AsiaSat is the second satellite operator to pursue privatization in 2025, following British operator Inmarsat whose shareholders approved a $3,300,000,000 buyout in May.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipAug 23, 2019AsiaSat shareholders accept privatization offer

Capella Space reached an agreement on 2019-08-05 to rely on Addvalue’s Inter-Satellite Data Relay System and Inmarsat satellites to speed up satellite tasking.

Mentioned as: InmarsatNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2019Capella plans to speed up tasking with Addvalue Data Relay

Addvalue Innovations of Singapore builds satellite terminals to send and receive data through Inmarsat’s constellation of geosynchronous L-band communications satellites and Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network.

Mentioned as: InmarsatTechnical ProductAug 6, 2019Capella plans to speed up tasking with Addvalue Data Relay

Isotropic Systems has begun full-array beamforming tests to support delivery of first-generation Ka-band products planned for 2021 to strategic customers including SES and Inmarsat.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2019ALL.SPACE’s Successful Testing of Its Ka-band Optical Devices Paves the Way to Be the First Solution of Its Kind to Market

Inmarsat plans to expand its service offering via its Global Xpress network using Isotropic Systems’ optical beamforming approach.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2019ALL.SPACE’s Successful Testing of Its Ka-band Optical Devices Paves the Way to Be the First Solution of Its Kind to Market

Connect Bidco is the consortium buying British satellite operator Inmarsat for $3,300,000,000.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2019Inmarsat buyer Bidco vows to stay local amid regulatory scrutiny

Inmarsat’s strategy for GX Flex is to blanket the world with geostationary capacity and then add additional capacity by launching more geostationary satellites.

Mentioned as: InmarsatTechnical ProductJul 10, 2019Inmarsat details GX expansion, OneSat satellite orders

Inmarsat’s latest satellite order will leverage some of the industrial preparations Airbus made to build OneWeb’s planned 648-satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: inmarsatTechnical ProductJul 10, 2019Inmarsat details GX expansion, OneSat satellite orders

Inmarsat purchased three high-capacity Ka-band satellites from Airbus Defence and Space at the end of May.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipJul 10, 2019Inmarsat details GX expansion, OneSat satellite orders

The second Inmarsat-6 satellite is scheduled to launch in 2021 on a launcher that has not yet been chosen.

Mentioned as: InmarsatNarrative GeneralJul 10, 2019Inmarsat details GX expansion, OneSat satellite orders

Inmarsat has 13 satellites in geostationary orbit, the latest four of which are Global Xpress spacecraft.

Mentioned as: InmarsatTechnical ProductJul 10, 2019Inmarsat details GX expansion, OneSat satellite orders

Inmarsat’s purchase of three high-capacity Ka-band satellites from Airbus was the largest satellite order industrywide since SES ordered seven O3b mPower medium-Earth orbit broadband satellites about a year and a half earlier.

Mentioned as: InmarsatTechnical ProductJul 10, 2019Inmarsat details GX expansion, OneSat satellite orders

Inmarsat’s $3,300,000,000 buyout by a consortium of private equity and pension firms known as Bidco is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019 and will result in Inmarsat shares ceasing to trade on the London Stock Exchange.

Mentioned as: InmarsatNarrative FinancialJul 10, 2019Inmarsat details GX expansion, OneSat satellite orders

The ASBM satellites will each carry a commercial Ka-band payload operated by Space Norway and leased by Inmarsat.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipJul 3, 2019Northrop Grumman to build two triple-payload satellites for Space Norway, SpaceX to launch

Inmarsat’s ASBM Ka-band payloads will increase Global Xpress throughput for customers between 65 and 75 degrees north by improving the look angle compared to geostationary satellites.

Mentioned as: InmarsatOrg RelationshipJul 3, 2019Northrop Grumman to build two triple-payload satellites for Space Norway, SpaceX to launch
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