It was my pleasure to sit down recently with Mark Dickinson, Inmarsat's VP of satellite operations, at Inmarsat's head office in Old Street, London to talk about the company's role in helping locate the missing MH370 flight. It felt less an interview and more a conversation about what was a very dramatic time for Inmarsat as information from its satellites was key in helping investigators track the movement of the aircraft. While there is often talk about satellites being marginalized going forward through the onset of telecoms and wireless technologies, this is yet another example of how important they are in all facets of life.
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