Inmarsat's most powerful satellite enters service
GX5 provides enhanced, industry-leading Global Xpress capability for Europe, Middle East.
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GX5 provides enhanced, industry-leading Global Xpress capability for Europe, Middle East.
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, confirms commercial service introduction (CSI) of GX5, the company’s newest, most powerful geostationary satellite to date. GX5 is the fourteenth satellite currently in service with Inmarsat and provides additional capacity to Europe and the Middle East on the industry-leading Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band high-speed satellite broadband service. The satellite, launched in November 2019, delivers approximately double the combined capacity of the entire existing GX fleet (GX1-GX4). Together with a significantly expanded groun...