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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.
AsiaSat’s positioning to go private follows British fleet operator Inmarsat, which approved a privatization plan on 2019-05-10 that is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Only Viasat, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Hughes have announced plans for geostationary satellites with higher amounts of capacity than 300 Gbps.
Inmarsat will provide commercial satellite communications services through the Defense Department blanket purchase agreement contracted by the Defense Information Technology Organization.
Inmarsat’s government division won a blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Defense Department worth up to $246,000,000 over five years.
On 2019-05-30, Inmarsat ordered three satellites from Airbus Defence and Space using a serial production method intended to enable faster build times for follow-on spacecraft.
Inmarsat operates four Boeing-built Global Xpress satellites in orbit, three for global coverage and one spare.
Airbus is building six of the eight geostationary satellites ordered in 2019, including four built solely by Airbus (the Inmarsat-7s and Measat-3d) and two co-built with Thales Alenia Space (SpainSat NG 1 and 2).
The Inmarsat-7 satellites are expected to launch in 2023.
The Inmarsat-7 series will expand Inmarsat’s fleet of Ka-band high-throughput satellites to 10.
Inmarsat has a fifth Global Xpress satellite, GX-5 from Thales Alenia Space, scheduled to launch later 2019 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Inmarsat has not decided which launch provider or providers will send the Inmarsat-7 satellites into orbit.
Inmarsat twice rejected offers from U.S. satellite operator EchoStar, including a highest offer of £3,200,000,000.
Inmarsat remains in discussions with the investor consortium that received 2019-03-19 disclosure.
On 2019-03-19, Inmarsat received a non-binding cash offer from a group of investors valuing the company at $3,300,000,000.
Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus International, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board made a cash offer on 2019-01-31 of $7.21 per share for all of Inmarsat’s outstanding shares.
Inmarsat originally planned to launch its European Aviation Network satellite on Falcon Heavy in 2016 but switched to an Ariane 5 after SpaceX experienced development delays.
Airbus Defence and Space is building Inmarsat-6A and Inmarsat-6B with high-throughput Ka-band and low-throughput L-band payloads.
GX Flex will be a lower-cost system compared to Inmarsat’s recent investments and will enable Inmarsat to reduce capital expenditures from an expected $500,000,000 to $600,000,000 in 2019 and 2020 to between $450,000,000 and $550,000,000 in 2021.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is scheduled to launch Inmarsat-6A on an H2A rocket in 2020.