Industry Announcements

Tracker

Media note: Watch the countdown and launch of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite live at 12:44 today

Via Inmarsat Media Centre

Aug 28, 2015

24 August 2015: LAUNCH TIME: 12:44 PM (BST)

Inmarsat will launch its third satellite in the transformational Global Xpress (GX) programme – Inmarsat-5 F3 (I-5 F3).

The live broadcast from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan begins today at 12.30 (BST) with lift-off scheduled for 12.44pm (BST).

Watch the Inmarsat’s third GX satellite lift-off aboard a Proton rocket into geosynchronous orbit 35,786km (22,236 miles) above the Earth, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

You can view a live feed of the countdown and the launch via YouTube.

I-5 F3 will cover the Pacific Ocean Region and will, together with Inmarsat-5 F1 and Inmarsat-5 F2, create the world’s first globally available, high-speed mobile broadband service, delivered through a single provider.

More Like This
This content extract was originally sourced from an external website (Inmarsat Media Centre) and is the copyright of the external website owner. TelecomTV is not responsible for the content of external websites. Legal Notices

Email Newsletters

Sign up to receive TelecomTV's top news and videos, plus exclusive subscriber-only content direct to your inbox.

Subscribe