Inmarsat: the eye in Earth's orbit

No one could believe in 2014 a plane packed full with 200 people can disappear from the face of Earth. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 made it possible. Now, Inmarsat wants to prevent any similar incidents by tracking all planes.

MH370 showed it is still possible to disappear in the age of technology. To prevent any similar situations, Satellite company Inmarsat has the solution. The British satellite company is offering its tracking services for free for every large airliner out there.

Inmarsat even detailed its tracking service. Every 15 minutes all tracked planes in flight would beacon back a signal containing location, speed, altitude and heading. Inmarsat already has global operation so the costs for such a system would be held back significantly. However, Inmarsat's proposal was not ditched, but rather considered a safe one and it will be talked through at the International Civil Aviation meeting in Montreal.

Inmarsat is a British satellite telecom company offering mobile services across the globe. It provides data services and telephone services worldwide through a series of ground stations and especially eleven telecommunications satellites all in Earth's orbit. The company reported a net income of 102 million US dollars last year.