Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. announce that the exact date and time for the launch of Inmarsat’s first satellite in the Inmarsat-6 fleet (I-6 F1) by MHI’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 45 (HIIA F45), will be as follows:
Launch Date: | 22 December 2021 |
Launch Time: | 14:33:52 p.m., Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) | 23:33:52 p.m., Japan Standard Time (JST) |
Launch Window: | 14:33:52 p.m. through 16:33:26 p.m., GMT | 23:33:52 p.m. through 01:33:26 a.m. (the next day), JST |
Location: | Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
The launch had been originally scheduled for 21 December 2021, however, due to possibility of bad weather, the launch was postponed to 22 December 2021.