Inmarsat plans to buy a fourth Inmarsat-5 satellite...
Inmarsat plans to buy a fourth Inmarsat-5 satellite under an existing contract with Boeing. The satellite will act partly as a spare “in the unlikely event of a launch failure of any of the first three Inmarsat-5 satellites,” Inmarsat said…
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in a press release (http://bit.ly/17Op3dU). That will allow global service launch for Global Xpress “more rapidly than if a replacement satellite were only commissioned following a launch failure,” it said. If the satellite isn’t required as a launch spare, the company is developing an incremental business case “to support the launch of the fourth satellite to increase capacity and strategically enhance network coverage,” it said. Inmarsat’s planned Ka-band network, Global Xpress, is expected to be launched next year (CD May 22 p13).