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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Inmarsat I-6 F2 mission from Florida today

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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I-6 F2, the newest 6th generation communications satellite for Inmarsat, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, 17 February 2023. The launch window begins at 10:59 p.m. ET, and the event will be livestreamed beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/3:00 a.m. UTC.

The I-6 F2 and I-6 F1 satellites, which are nearly as massive as a London double-decker bus, will provide a significant improvement to the capacity and capabilities of Inmarsat’s two global communications networks for more than 15 years. I-6 F1 will link its first clients later this year; I-6 F2 will follow in 2024. I-6 F1 was introduced in late 2021.

According to Inmarsat’s news statement, the new satellites will fuel the future potential of Inmarsat ORCHESTRA. ORCHESTRA enables Inmarsat’s partners and customers to keep up with their increasing data demands and to support developing technologies such as autonomous vehicles and flying taxis in the future.

“This launch is only the start of the largest investment programme in our history, all contributing towards the development of our ORCHESTRA vision. The I-6 spacecraft will be joined by a further five major scale satellites by 2025. Each of these has the capability to deliver focused connectivity over a larger region and come with certainty – in resilience, in robustness, in service quality – that is unique to Inmarsat,” Rajeev Suri, CEO, Inmarsat, said in a statement.

Falcon 9’s first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-5 and GPS III Space Vehicle 06. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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