What happens when a satellite fails?

An Inmarsat service outage in April underlined the implications and repercussions for its aviation services when one of its satellites experienced a technical failure. On Sunday 16 April at 21:14h UTC, Inmarsat experienced an outage on its I-4 F1 satellite, which provides L-band services for East...
Steve Nichols

Steve (BSc Hons, FIIC) is a journalist and communicator with more than 35 years' experience.

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