Boeing Starts Inmarsat Series

By Michael Mecham.

Boeing has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) on the first of three Inmarsat-5 high-power Ka-band spacecraft it is building for the London-based mobile satellite services provider.

Boeing is a longtime provider for Inmarsat, having built its Marisat and Inmarsat-2 series; but the new Inmarsat-5 series are the first in which all 89 transponders are ...

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