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Inmarsat: see Communications Satellite Corporation Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat), organization incorporated (1962) by an act of Congress to establish a commercial system of international communications using artificial satellites. Although government sponsored, it was financed by a public stock issue. ..... Click the link for more information. ; communications satellite communications satellite artificial satellite that functions as part of a global radio-communications network. Echo 1, the first communications satellite, launched in 1960, was an instrumented inflatable sphere that passively reflected radio signals back to ..... Click the link for more information. . Inmarsat(Inmarsat plc, London, www.inmarsat.com) A satellite communications company that provides voice and data services to the maritime, transportation and aeronautics markets as well as providing general Internet access from any location on the globe with its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN). Formerly International Maritime Satellite, Inmarsat was founded in 1979 as a British intergovernmental organization (IGO) to serve the maritime industry. It became a private company in 1999 and a public company in 2005. See BGAN. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| International Launch Services (ILS) and Inmarsat Plc announced a contract today for launch of the Inmarsat 4-F3 satellite on a Proton Breeze M vehicle in early 2008. Robert Johnson Joins Blue Ocean Wireless from Inmarsat Plc Inmarsat plc (LSE:ISAT) is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications. |
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