Inmarsat announced that it has awarded the contract for the construction of an additional Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) broadband network communications satellite to Thales Alenia Space. This award reflects Inmarsat’s strategy of adding capacity to its already established, unique, high-speed global broadband network in areas of high customer demand and against new customer commitments. The satellite, which is targeted for launch in 2019, will be a Very High Throughput Satellite (V-HTS), providing … [Read more...] about Inmarsat awards contract for additional GX satellite