Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
It's by no means certain that Inmarsat have access to any stored (ephemeral) data on any but the last ping.
I know it is in here somewhere that the CEO/some senior inmarsat bod said on the 1st day they announced it they had all the pings and had handed over the data, under the circumstances I doubt they have not got a copy of that data even if the satellite has now auto deleted it.
also these two posts
page 296 post 5915 volxanicash
For what it's worth, in Sunday's press conference the DCA Director specifically said that Inmarsat had provided data for six handshakes. He also said they had times and coordinates - although he obviously didn't actually mean "coordinates".
page 248 #4952 volcanic ash
In today’s (Sunday) press conference, the DCA Director also referred to calculations of the aircraft’s minimum and maximum speeds from last point of contact as considerations in determining the arcs.
You could google search for the DCA conference