SpaceX Rocket Launches #Inmarsat High-Speed Communications Satellite into Orbit – gCaptain
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Satellite communications company Inmarsat (LON: ISAT) has confirmed the successful launch of the fourth and final high-speed broadband communications satellite making up its Global Xpress (GX) constellation.
Inmarsat GX is the world’s first service offering worldwide high-speed broadband connectivity for land, sea, and air uses.
The fourth Inmarsat-5 satellite, known as I-5 F4, was launched by SpaceX aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 19:21 ET Monday evening from the historic launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inmarsat said it picked up the first data from satellite about a half hour later.