Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications, has launched the fourth high-speed broadband communications satellite in its transformational Global Xpress (GX) constellation.
According to the company the Inmarsat-5 F4 (I-5 F4) was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9[ds_preview] rocket from the historic launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch team from Inmarsat and Boeing Network & Space Systems, the manufacturer of I-5 F4, are now raising the spacecraft to a geostationary orbit, at which point the satellite will deploy its solar arrays and reflectors, and undergo payload testing the company stated.
I-5 F4 joins the three GX satellites already in orbit, which have, since December 2015, been delivering unprecedented service speeds, global coverage, reliability and security to users on land, at sea and in the air. The fourth satellite adds further capacity to the GX network, as well as in-orbit redundancy that further upgrades the reliability and resilience of Inmarsat’s service offerings.
