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see Communications Satellite CorporationCommunications 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.
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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 earth.
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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, a public company in 2005 and part of a private consortium in 2019. See BGAN.

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The Ka-band satellites - meaning satellites that use a higher range of the electromagnetic spectrum - are intended to enhance Inmarsat's "global mobile broadband coverage with a transformation in network capacity and service capability".

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Inmarsat partners in the evaluation included Cobham Aerospace Communications, Collins Aerospace, SITAONAIR, ASG and L2.

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Shares in Inmarsat dipped just under one per cent yesterday.

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Upon completion of the Inmarsat certification process, volume production of the terminal is planned at Orbit's US based facilities.

Orbit Communication Systems signs airborne Satcom terminal partnership with Inmarsat Government

Isotropic Systems will develop terminals specifically tailored to Inmarsat's requirements with special focus on multi-beam capability, providing market-leading instantaneous bandwidth, as well as significantly lower pricing and power consumption.

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"Inmarsat is delighted to select MHI and its H-IIA launch vehicle for the first of our sixth generation satellites," said Rupert Pearce, CEO of Inmarsat.

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Inmarsat plc is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services.

Air Astana now offering GX Aviation to passengers through Inmarsat partner Rockwell Collins; Next generation inflight broadband solution installed on airline's Boeing 767; Air Astana operating the world's first widebody aircraft with GX Aviation ..

However, Inmarsat said in (http://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsat-signs-contract-launch-ean-satellite-arianespace/) its statement the launch of Inmarsat-5 F4, the fourth satellite in its Global Xpress series, will go ahead with SpaceX as planned.

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14 June 2016 - Hong Kong-based satellite communications and network service provider SpeedCast International (ASX: SDA) has entered into an important strategic partnership with UK-based satellite telecommunications firm Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), the company said.