UK: Launched inmarsat-6 on 12/21: MHI / H2A rocket

UK: Launched inmarsat-6 on 12/21: MHI / H2A rocket

-Equipped with British communication satellite-

Tanegashima Space Center
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

On November 4, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced.

H2A・45 is

With the satellite of the British “Inmarsat”
From 11:33 to 22 on December 21st
Launched from Tanegashima Space Center.
Inmarsat-6:

It will be the first in the Inmarsat 6th generation communication satellite “Inmarsat-6” series.

The largest commercial communications satellite.

Improve the convenience of satellite communication services used all over the world.

Kagoshima News | South Japan Newspaper

373news

https://373news.com/_news/storyid/146197/

I-6 F1 – Inmarsat

What does cutting-edge space technology, next-generation innovation and a dual ELERA and Global Xpress payload mean for our global mobility, government and IoT customers?

I-6 F1

– the first of two Inmarsat-6 (I-6) satellites –

is scheduled to launch from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan

with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on 21 Decemeber 2021 onboard its H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 45 (HIIA F45).

The I-6 satellites are not only the most technologically advanced and largest commercial communications satellites ever launched,

they are also Inmarsat’s first hybrid satellites, featuring both L-band (ELERA) and Ka-band (Global Xpress)communications payloads.

https://www.inmarsat.com/en/about/technology/satellites/i-6-f1.html

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Global Website | Schedule Announced for H-IIA Launch Vehicle to Deliver Inmarsat’s First I-6 Satellite to Geosynchronous Orbit

https://www.mhi.com/news/21110403.html