In its latest step toward the availability of the Inmarsat 4F-1 satellite, the AstroMesh reflector onboard the recently launched spacecraft successfully deployed. According to Northrop Grumman Corp., the manufacturer of the reflector, the nine-meter diameter AstroMesh reflector provides a key part of the antenna system used by the spacecraft to provide broadband Internet communications. Inmarsat 4F-1 is the first of three satellites that will be used as part of Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network service.
Inmarsat 4F-1’s AstroMesh Reflector Successfully Deployed
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