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Inmarsat-A is an analogue mobile satellite system that provides global two-way communications via satellite. It uses L-band frequencies and satellites coordinated across four regions to connect portable terminals to phone and data networks worldwide. Inmarsat-A is used on ships, land vehicles, and in remote areas without terrestrial connectivity by journalists, relief workers, construction crews, and for emergency backup. Terminals are suitcase-sized with fold-out antennas and support voice, fax, data transmission and dynamically track satellites from moving vehicles.

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Inm A

Inmarsat-A is an analogue mobile satellite system that provides global two-way communications via satellite. It uses L-band frequencies and satellites coordinated across four regions to connect portable terminals to phone and data networks worldwide. Inmarsat-A is used on ships, land vehicles, and in remote areas without terrestrial connectivity by journalists, relief workers, construction crews, and for emergency backup. Terminals are suitcase-sized with fold-out antennas and support voice, fax, data transmission and dynamically track satellites from moving vehicles.

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Inmarsat-A

A call from a mobile or transportable ships — from massive oil tankers to


AUTHOR Inmarsat-A terminal is routed via the fishing trawlers — use Inmarsat-A for
Derek Tam Inmarsat satellite system to a land earth commercial and social purposes and for
station (LES) and thence into the safety and distress communications.
national and international phone and
TITLE/POSITION
data networks. Terminals receive and
Manager Customer Care Centre On land, transportable Inmarsat-As are
transmit in the L-band (1.5/1.6GHz).
widely used by journalists and relief
agencies in regions where terrestrial
The transmission and reception of links are unreliable or non-existent.
signals are co-ordinated by four Semi-fixed Inmarsat-A installations are a
network co-ordination stations (NCS), very effective means of supporting
one for each satellite coverage region: remote-area operations such as survey-
D AT E Atlantic Ocean East and West, Indian ing, pipeline work, construction,
April 1999 Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Each NCS forestry, drilling and mining. Semi-fixed
monitors the flow of communications and transportable Inmarsat-As can also
traffic through its satellite to ensure that be used for emergency communications
calls are set up correctly and that all backup at remote office sites.
LESs are working correctly.
Vehicle-mounted terminals generally
have dynamically driven antennas
TERMINALS which track the satellite regardless of
vehicle movement. Applications include
A number of models feature a High communications in support of long-
Speed Data (HSD) option, capable of distance races such as the Paris-Dakar
supporting data rates of up to 64kbit/ Rally.
sec. Applications include the simultane-
ous transfer of data in two directions,
For further information about
transmission of still and compressed Inmarsat, please contact:

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video pictures, high-quality audio Customer Care Centre, Inmarsat,
(15kHz) and videoconferencing. phone +44 171 728 1100,
he Inmarsat-A analogue mobile fax +44 171 728 1110,
satcoms system provides two-way (After July 1, 1999 replace 171 with 207)
direct-dial phone, fax, telex, electronic In transportable form an Inmarsat-A
e-mail [email protected]
mail and data communications at rates terminal is packaged in one or two suit-
up to 9.6kbit/sec to and from anywhere case-sized carrying cases with a
in the world with the exception of the foldaway parabolic antenna measuring
poles. about a metre in diameter. Weighing
between 20kg and 50kg, transportable
terminals are easy to set up and work
off batteries or portable power supplies.
THE SYSTEM
An Inmarsat-A terminal is a small, self-
contained satellite earth station com- APPLICATIONS
prising a lightweight parabolic antenna,
electronic units, power supply interface, In the maritime environment Inmarsat-A
and direct-dial telephone and telex has been meeting the satellite communi-
connections. Standard connections for cations needs of oceangoing ships for
fax and PC are also available. over 16 years. The crews of some 18,000

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