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In 1979, INMARSAT was created to provide global mobile satellite communications originally at sea, but now also in the air and on the land. The name INMARSAT originally stood for International Maritime Satellite Organisation, but was changed to the International Mobile Satellite Organisation in 1995.
     INMARSAT offers the following range of services:
     Inmarsat-A Inmarsat's original phone, fax and data system
     Inmarsat-B Digital successor to Inmarsat-A
     Inmarsat-C Store-and-forward data through briefcase terminals
     Inmarsat-D+ Global messaging and data broadcasts to pager-sized terminals
     Inmarsat-E Global alerting services via Inmarsat
     Inmarsat mini-M phone Inmarsat's smallest satellite phones for voice, fax and data
     Inmarsat Aero-I Inmarsat's latest aeronautical satcoms service
     Inmarsat mini-M Aero Satcoms for small corporate aircraft and general aviation users.


Other topics in our resources on Satellite Communications related to Inmarsat include: 
 
  • Satellite Receiver
  • SCORE
  • Relay I
  • Satellite system
  • Communications Moon Relay I (CMR)
  • Sputnik
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  • Explorer I
  • Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (ARABSAT)
  • Syncom
  • Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS)
  • Orbcomm
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  • Ellipso
  • Telstar
  • Courier
  • Echo
  • Comsat
  • Intelsat

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