Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L), the provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced that it has completed construction of the final four satellite access stations (SAS) for its Global Xpress (GX) fleet. This represents a significant milestone in the rollout of GX, the world's first, global high-speed broadband Ka-band network, which is scheduled for global commercial service introduction early in the second half of 2015. GX will deliver high-throughput broadband connectivity on … [Read more...] about Inmarsat completes construction of the Global Xpress
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Global Xpress delivers to U.S. Government
Washington, D.C. – Inmarsat, the provider of global mobile satellite communication services, in partnership with its Value Added Resellers, has begun providing wideband communications capability to U.S. government customers through its Global Xpress service carried over the first Inmarsat-5 satellite. Using 72 fixed beams in commercial Ka-band, along with military Ka-band capacity available on its high-capacity steerable beams, Global Xpress is now supporting aeronautical and land terminal … [Read more...] about Global Xpress delivers to U.S. Government
Actia Sodielec and Inmarsat sign MOA Ka-band satellite terminals for use by French military
Inmarsat and Actia Sodielec have signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MOA) to facilitate the type approval of tactical Ka-band satellite terminal systems for use by the French military on Inmarsat’s ground breaking, high-capacity Global Xpress (GX) service. Actia Sodielec is Airbus’s contracted satellite terminal provider under the COMCEPT programme, delivering Ka-band communications capability to the French Military for use on the Athena Fidus satellite. The signing of the MOA with … [Read more...] about Actia Sodielec and Inmarsat sign MOA Ka-band satellite terminals for use by French military
​Inmarsat’s Global Xpress® satellite achieves key milestone
Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced on February 4 that Inmarsat-5 F1, the first in its fleet of three Global Xpress® (GX) satellites, has successfully completed its orbital deployment stages on schedule. Inmarsat and Boeing engineers, working from Inmarsat’s GX teleport in Nemea, Greece, are now beginning a month of comprehensive payload testing in preparation for commencing … [Read more...] about ​Inmarsat’s Global Xpress® satellite achieves key milestone