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Inmarsat Sets Aug. 28 Launch for Global Xpress F3 Satellite

The third satellite in Inmarsat's Global Xpress constellation, Inmarsat-5 F3, is scheduled to launch Aug. 28, with the company's global commercial high-speed broadband service expected to commence by the end of the year, the satellite company said in a Monday…

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news release. The satellite is to go up from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. F3 will cover the Pacific Ocean region as part of Global Xpress' global high-speed broadband service. F1 was launched in December 2013.