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===INMARSAT===
The '''International Maritime Satellite Organization''' ('''INMARSAT''') was established under the auspices of the [[International Maritime Organization]] by the '''Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization''', signed at [[London]] on 3 September 1976<ref>{{citation | title= Information on the activities of international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations relating to space law | publisher= [[United Nations General Assembly]] Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Legal Subcommittee, 49th session | date= 8 March 2010 | url= http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/limited/c2/AC105_C2_L278Add1E.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/limited/c2/AC105_C2_L278Add1E.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live }}</ref> and entered into force on 16 July 1979. The organization was modeled after [[Intelsat]], an international consortium which provided satellite communications among the member countries.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} The Communications Satellite Corporation ([[COMSAT]]), a founding member of Intelsat, took the lead in the founding of Inmarsat.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} In coordination with the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] in the 1980s, the convention governing INMARSAT was amended to include improvements in aeronautical communications, notably for public safety.<ref name="proposed"/>

The first [[Director general|Director General]] was appointed in January 1980<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9sGhgZbmd8C&pg=PA239 |title = An Introduction to Satellite Communications|isbn = 9780863411328|last1 = Dalgleish|first1 = Don I.|year = 1989|page=239}}</ref> and operations began in 1982.<ref>Jonathan Higgins page 205</ref> [[Olof Lundberg]], who had previously managed and developed mobile and specialized services at Swedish Telecom (now [[Telia Company|Telia]]), served as Director General and CEO until 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=4853|title=Olof Lundberg Named Chairman and Ceo of Globalstar L.P.|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-date=25 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225221423/https://spaceref.com/press-release/olof-lundberg-named-chairman-and-ceo-of-globalstar-lp/|url-status=dead}}</ref>