The subsequent progression from the US-owned MARISAT system to the fully international system operated by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) took place in 1982. In February of that year, INMARSAT began leasing the MARISAT space segment capacity in all three Ocean Regions in order to provide continuity of service to maritime users, and to establish its base for future system growth. Additional first generation INMARSAT space segment capacity is being procured with a series on INTELSAT V-MCS and MARECS satellites, to ensure that maritime satellite communications services will be provided to the end of the 1980s. Detailed planning and preparation for operation into the 1990s in already well under way with the specification of requirements for the second generation INMARSAT space segment. Growth rates for INMARSAT shipborne installations and communications traffic have exceeded initial forecasts. The introduction of new communications services and new types of shipborne earth stations will serve to meet the increased communications needs of the maritime community, and open opportunities for providing services to other mobile users. The developments in the INMARSAT system which will become necessary in order to serve future user requirements are discussed in the following sections.
Future development of the INMARSAT system
Zukuenftige Entwicklungen des INMARSAT-Systems
1983
5 Seiten
Conference paper
English
Future development of the Inmarsat system
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