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Old 14th Mar 2014, 16:35
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Inmarsat

Oleole is on the right track. The Inmarsat constellation has been upgraded over the last 12 months. The new satellites have vastly upgraded processor capability (486 to P5) that has allowed them to move much more data at much higher speeds. I am sure that there were a number of other upgraded capabilities as well (spot beam...) The first satellite to be upgraded was the one over the Indian Ocean last summer.
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