It’s already been done, twice before, and next month the Proton Breeze M launch vehicle will, hopefully, complete the worldwide constellation of Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellites, thereby providing global broadband coverage. Services include, advanced satellite phone and mobile broadband data services to North and South America at 98 degrees west.
Lift off is scheduled for 22:46 UTC (23:46 BST) on August 13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is the historic location for the launch of the first man-made satellite, Sputnik, in 1957 and the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, in 1961. The I-4 F3 will be injected into a geosynchronous transfer orbit 35,786km (22,240 miles) above the Earth on a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle.
