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The first I-4 satellite has arrived at Cape Canaveral in Florida, where it will undergo final checks and fuelling before it blasts into orbit. The huge spacecraft - weighing a massive six tons and three-quarters the size of a double-decker bus - will be the largest and most powerful commercial communications satellite ever launched. Three Inmarsat I-4 spacecraft have been designed to deliver Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), a new service that will bring seamless mobile voice and broadband Internet connectivity around the world. In the final days before leaving Astrium's factory in Toulouse, France, a nine-metre diameter reflector was attached which will reflect the satellite's beam down to Earth. The spacecraft then underwent extensive electrical systems testing before the 45-metre solar array wings were fixed on to its body. The wings absorb solar energy from the sun to provide power for the spacecraft. A giant Antonov freighter aircraft carried the satellite packed inside an air-conditioned container on a night flight to Florida in the US in early February. Related Links Inmarsat SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Telenor Buys Neratek Will Integrate Into Marlink Retail Operations
Oslo, Norway (SPX) Jan 31, 2005Telenor Satellite Services has acquired of Neratek, a Norwegian provider of land mobile and maritime satellite communications equipment and services. |
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