Satellite

摘要

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