Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus announced on Monday that the first Inmarsat-6 series telecommunications satellite that it had built had been shipped from Toulouse in France to Tanegashima in Japan, from where it will be launched next month. This is also the first Inmarsat-6 series satellite to be constructed. Designated I-6 F1, the satellite will be launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch rocket. The Inmarsat-6 is based on Airbus’ Eurostar E3000 satellite design, which has established a record of great reliability. The I-6 F1 will the 54th Eurostar E3000 put into space, and will also be the fifth such satellite to be fitted with an electric propulsion system for orbital manoeuvring, including increasing orbital altitude.
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