Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Webcast
May 15, 2017: Inmarsat, the UK's biggest space company, has boosted its global broadband network with the launch of a fourth high-frequency satellite. SpaceX launched Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 19:21 local time. SpaceX did not attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage after launch due to mission requirements.

Inmarsat-5 F4 is the last in a series of four high-power communications spacecraft which Inmarsat will use to support its Global Xpress mobile satellite broadband product. Inmarsat was founded in 1979 as the International Maritime Satellite Organization, an intergovernmental partnership to provide satellite communications for maritime users. Privatized in 1999, Inmarsat is based in London and provides global broadband and communications services in addition to maintaining public service operations for maritime and aeronautical users. The four Inmarsat-5 satellites were built by Boeing.

Credit: SpaceX
Duration: 55 minutes
Release Date: May 15, 2017

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