Geostationary
INMARSAT 5-F1
High-Speed Mobile Broadband (Global Xpress) · Inmarsat
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The first Inmarsat-5 satellite, launching Inmarsat's Global Xpress service — the world's first globally consistent Ka-band high-speed broadband network for mobile users at sea, in the air, and on land. Global Xpress delivers broadband speeds to superyachts, commercial shipping, offshore platforms, and long-haul aircraft anywhere on Earth. When you use Wi-Fi on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic, the signal most likely comes from an Inmarsat-5 satellite like this one.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,244 mi (35,793–35,798 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 39476
- Int’l designator
- 2013-073A
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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