Technology enables vastly reduced costs

CA Clase LBS 2004

The first satellite communications systems were Inmarsat A’s and B’s which needed a 1.5m dish and large outlay making them pretty much only for the larger super yachts and commercial ships.

Now, technology has moved on, products have become smaller and more affordable with smaller and smaller craft installing systems.

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