Inmarsat Satellite Phones and Satellite Phone Rentals- Explorer Satellite

T-minus 2: Ride Into Orbit
The second Inmarsat-4 (I-4)
satellite has a more direct
route into geostationary orbit
than its twin - the F1 - which
was launched successfully in March 2005 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. A ground station at
Lake Cowichan in British
Columbia acquires the first
signal from the I-4 - two hours
after launch. The I-4 spends
about two days in the first
transfer orbit as initial position
fixing takes place. With testing complete after about four weeks, the satellite is manoeuvred to
its final location above northern Brazil, ready to bring broadband
to the Americas.

Inmarsat is the pioneer
of global mobile satellite communications. Today
Inmarsat stands at the forefront of 3G wireless telephony, capitalizing on almost a quarter of a century's experience to deliver broadband communications solutions to enterprise, maritime and aeronautical users around the globe. Inmarsat operates a constellation of
geostationary satellites that extend
mobile phone, fax and data communi-
cations to every part of the world,
except the poles. End-users can dial
into the international telephone network and send data over the Internet at any time, simply by connecting to an Inmarsat satellite. They include ship-owners, TV broadcasters, international aid workers, national governments, commercial airlines, etc.