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Inmarsat Terminals/Services currently available
Inmarsat A - provides telephone, telex, data and fax,
distress and safety communications services to the
shipping and offshore industries.
Inmarsat B (BT's B-Sat) - one of the most recent
systems: designed to provide similar services to Inmarsat
A, but using digital transmission techniques.
Inmarsat C (BT's C-Sat) - a digital store and
forward data-messaging service for maritime and landbased
users.
Inmarsat M (BT's M-Sat) - mobile direct-dial
telephone service providing voice and fax communications
with lighter and smaller equipment than for Inmarsat-A
and B-Sat services, and therefore ideal for yachts.
BT's Skyphone service - satellite communications to
and from aircraft.
Globetrack - connected to C-Sat and with integrated
Global Positioning System for tracking and messaging
via satellite.
C-Club - using Inmarsat C for communicating around the world via e-mail or fax on land
or sea.
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