Inmarsat Asks To Add Earth Station Type to Maritime License

Inmarsat subsidiary ISAT US wants to add an additional earth station terminal type for linking to its Global Xpress satellite network. In a license modification request filed Friday with the FCC International Bureau, ISAT said it wanted to modify its maritime license allowing operation of Ka-band blanket licensed terminals on maritime vessels to include its Cobham Sea Tel model Sailor 60 GX. The Sailor GX, like other earth terminals already covered by the maritime license, would communicate with the Inmarsat-5 F2 satellite, and would operate in the same frequencies of 19.7-20 GHz and 29.5-30 GHz, ISAT said. In its application, ISAT said it sought authority to use earth stations subject to its maritime license, as well as the new antenna terminal model, within the contiguous U.S. and U.S. territories, and on fixed and mobile offshore platforms.