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Viasat completed the acquisition of Inmarsat prior to 2023-11-02.
Inmarsat had roughly 1,800 employees at the time of its $6,200,000,000 acquisition by Viasat.
Viasat is grappling with severe issues on two recently launched geostationary satellites, ViaSat-3 Americas and Inmarsat-6 F2.
Maersk Supply Service implemented Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress fleet-wide in 2017 and has been an Inmarsat customer since then.
Viasat employed roughly 6,200 people in May 2023 when it bought Inmarsat.
Viasat expects to take a $45,000,000 hit to rationalize roles across both Viasat and Inmarsat businesses.
Inmarsat operates a fleet of 15 geostationary (GEO) satellites.
Viasat acquired Inmarsat in 2023.
The first stage booster on the 2023-10-30 Falcon 9 launch was flying its eighth mission and had previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, and three Starlink missions.
Intellian Technologies, Inc. and Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a next-generation GMDSS safety terminal.
Inmarsat Maritime won the 2023 International Maritime Rescue Federation Award for Innovation and Technology in Maritime Search and Rescue.
Inmarsat recently launched RescueNET to provide fast, reliable, and approved SAR communications from ship to shore, from shore to ship, and between maritime rescue coordination centres.
Inmarsat was founded in 1979 and has supported the global search-and-rescue community since its foundation.
A judging panel led by former IMRF Chair Michael Vlasto selected Inmarsat Maritime’s entry from a shortlist of 10 individuals and organisations for the 2023 IMRF award.
The Inmarsat Maritime Safety team designs and develops services to support search-and-rescue operations.
Analysts at the Space ISAC watch center tracked activities of Russia’s Luch Olymp K-2 geostationary spy satellite in early October and observed it approach satellites operated by Inmarsat, Intelsat, and SES.
Viasat unveiled enhanced business aviation in-flight broadband service options on 2023-10-17 in Carlsbad, California that harmonize Viasat’s Ka-band solution with the Jet ConneX solution from its recently acquired Inmarsat business.
Viasat is offering an incentive for business aviation customers that use SwiftBroadband (SBB) and SwiftJet L-band connectivity, acquired from Inmarsat, to upgrade to any Viasat Ka-band solution to enable near-term savings and other SBB-related benefits.
Inmarsat-6 F2 suffered an anomaly after launching to geostationary orbit in February.
Inmarsat-6 F2 became part of Viasat's fleet in May following Viasat's $6,200,000,000 acquisition of Inmarsat.