Inmarsat I4-F3 satellite has arrived on station over the Americas

The Inmarsat-4 F3 was launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 22:43 UTC on 18 August on board a Proton M rocket.

Once tested and operational, the I-4 F3 will be provide satellite phone and mobile broadband services to North and South America at 98 degrees west.

And together with its two sister satellites, already in orbit, the completed constellation will deliver full and seamless global coverage for our entire range of broadband mobile satellite services.

Inmarsat will be testing the satellite until early 2009. GMPCS anticipates the launch of Fleet Broadband and BGAN service around April 2009.

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