Inmarsat-3 set for launch

The third satellite in the Inmarsat-3 series is ready for a planned Dec. 17 launch aboard an Atlas IIA rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Inmarsat said yesterday. The satellite will help extend portable phone service and will boost capacity for the company's other commercial maritime, aeronautical...

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