Sea Launch Co.‘slaunch platform command ship departed the company’s home port to prepare for the launch of the Inmarsat-4 F2 satellite, Sea Launch announced. The launch is scheduled to take place Nov. 4, with a 30-minute launch window opening at 6:22 a.m. PST.

The EADS Astrium-built Inmarsat-4 F2 is the second satellite designed to support Inmarsat‘s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) services that will deliver Internet and intranet content and solutions, video-on-demand, videoconferencing, fax, e-mail, phone and local area network access at speeds of up to 500 kilobits per second to BGAN terminals. The satellite carries a single global beam that covers up to one-third of the Earth’s surface, 19 wide spot beams and 228 narrow spot beams. The satellite will reside at 53 degrees West.

The first BGAN satellite, Inmarsat-4 F1, launched on March 11.