Global Xpress and its I-5 satellites represent an
investment of over £1bn ($1.6bn) for Inmarsat
Thursday's failure of yet another
Russian Proton rocket is going to delay the roll-out of Britain's biggest single
commercial space project.
London-based telecommunications company Inmarsat was due to use the vehicle
to launch the second and third satellites in its $1.6bn Global Xpress
network.The latest Proton suffered an engine failure nine minutes after lifting off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
Inmarsat concedes the failure review process will impact its timelines.
The company told investors that the prospect of getting another of its I-5 Ka-band satellites in orbit by the autumn was now unrealistic.
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