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Inmarsat-A

Inmarsat-A

Created OnFebruary 7, 2018
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The original Inmarsat system, operating since 1982, based on analogue techniques and capable of global two-way telephony, facsimile, data and telex communications

Related:

  • Inmarsat-B
  • Inmarsat-M
  • GNSS
  • Inmarsat Mobile Number
  • Inmarsat-C
  • GMDSS

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