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Airbus Defence and Space is building Inmarsat-6A and Inmarsat-6B with high-throughput Ka-band and low-throughput L-band payloads.
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.
Inmarsat and Isotropic Systems planned to trial a product prototype in a real use-case environment in 2020.
On 2019-05-02 Isotropic Systems was working with global mobile satellite operator Inmarsat on a next-generation satcom terminal prototype.
Inmarsat and Isotropic Systems planned to test a technology demonstrator within a couple of months of 2019-05-02.
Isotropic Systems will perform over-the-air testing with fleet operators Inmarsat and SES 2019.
Isotropic Systems’ first user terminals will be designed for Ka-band to serve partners SES, Inmarsat, and Avanti.
In September 2017, Inmarsat selected MHI’s H2-A rocket for a 2020 launch of Inmarsat-6 F1, the company’s first sixth-generation communications satellite.
An arbitration panel at the International Centre for Dispute Resolution ruled that a take-or-pay obligation from RigNet's January 2014 satellite capacity contract with Inmarsat had commenced and that RigNet owed Inmarsat $50,800,000.
RigNet is not required to pay any amount to Inmarsat until after the arbitration panel rules on RigNet's Phase II counterclaims, which the panel expects to issue in spring 2019.
Panasonic Avionics agreed in September to use Inmarsat exclusively for Ka-band services under a 10-year partnership.
Thales Alenia Space booked Inmarsat’s Global Xpress-5 geostationary telecom satellite in 2017 and Global Xpress-5 is scheduled to launch in 2019 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Thales InFlyt plans to use Inmarsat’s Global Xpress for Ka-band service outside North America.
The number of vessels using Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband decreased by about 3,000 from June 2017 to June 2018.
Two Inmarsat-6 satellites are under construction by Airbus Defence and Space with launch dates planned for 2020 and 2021 and both satellites include L-band and high-throughput Ka-band payloads.
Michele Franci, former CTO of Inmarsat, characterized the development of Ariane 6 as part of a conscious effort in Europe to design for cost and efficiency rather than as a final, unchangeable product.
Inmarsat operates 13 satellites used for voice and data connectivity.
The IDRS service offered by Open Cosmos and Addvalue will provide near real-time communications to Open Cosmos satellites using the Inmarsat backbone.
In-flight connectivity is Inmarsat’s fastest growing business, increasing 38.8 percent to $115,500,000 for the first six months of 2018.
Inmarsat projects Global Xpress could reach $500,000,000 in annual revenues by 2020.