TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 30, 2019 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, said the company added a satellite to the Global Xpress constellation to address a demand for commercial broadband services in the Middle East and Europe, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 20.
C4ISRNET reported Dec. 19 Cowen-Hirsch noted that military organizations seek commercial Ka-band satellite connectivity that works to complement the Wideband Global SATCOM system.
The Global Xpress 5 satellite was launched on Nov. 26 and is slated to join the fleet early next year.
œGX5, adding to that mix, looks at an area where we™ve got increased and significant demand, Cowen-Hirsch was quoted as saying. œIt is a very, very dense environment for commercial as well as military. So we™ve got a satellite that was specifically put to cover that particular region.
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