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Inmarsat-C is a two-way, packet data service operated by the telecommunications company Inmarsat which operates between mobile earth stations (MES) and land earth stations (LES). It became fully operational after a period of pre-operational trials in January 1991.
Guaranteed for reliability and built to last, Inmarsat C and Mini C is a two-way store and forward communication system transmitting messages from ship-to-shore, shore-to-ship and ship-to-ship. Send and receive data from across the oceans including email, SMS, telex, chart and weather updates.
Inmarsat-C. The Inmarsat-C system is currently used on the majority of vessels around the world, providing the mechanism to send and receive distress alerts, safety messages, and general communication.
Inmarsat-C: this is effectively a "satellite telex" terminal with low-speed all-digital (transmission bit rate 1200 bit/s and information bit rate of 600 bit/s) store-and-forward, polling etc. capabilities. Certain models of Inmarsat-C terminals are approved for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) system, equipped with GPS.
Inmarsat C and Mini C are store-and-forward messaging services using inexpensive satellite terminals to send and receive data messages from fixed devices such as PCs and telex machines. They are ideally suited for messaging, fleet management, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Homeland Security, maritime and aero safety solutions.
Inmarsat C. Protect your crew and vessel when danger strikes with Inmarsat C – your lifeline to transmit and receive real-time distress and safety communication, no matter where in the world you sail.
Our Inmarsat C service has been keeping seafarers safe at sea every day since the inception of GMDSS in 1999 through the receipt and transmission of vital ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship distress alerts.
Inmarsat-C is an all-digital text/data system which operates between the mobile earth station (MES) and a ‘gateway’ or land earth station (LES). The principal advantages of the system when compared with Inmarsat-A, are that it is low cost, small and uses a very small omni-directional antenna.
RECOGNIZING the need to revise the performance standards for Inmarsat-C ship earth stations operating through the geostationary Inmarsat satellite system to be used in the GMDSS in order to ensure the operational reliability of such equipment and to avoid, as far as practicable, adverse interaction between such equipme...
The first-ever service approved to meet the requirements of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) for Ship Security Alert Systems (SSAS), Inmarsat C is your lifeline to transmit and receive near real-time distress and safety communication.
