A system for managing the availability of information content to be supplied to at least one mobile platform wherein each mobile platform operates in one or more of, or traverses more than one predefined geographic coverage region wherein the information content in each region is made available via a satellite communications link such that each predefined coverage region is a distinct satellite coverage region, and the information content comprises at least one of web pages, news articles, video files, software or any other form of information content made available in electronic form, the system comprising: a content management coordinator system for providing said information content to said mobile platform; an interface operably associated: with said content management coordinator system and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platform and also with a user on said mobile platform via said satellite communications link; wherein said interface is a graphical user interface which enables said operator to define at least one of: type of information content to be made available to said mobile platforms from said content management coordinator system; and a time frame during which said information content is to be made available to said mobile platform from said content management coordinator system and wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to provide information to the operator concerning which of the one or more mobile platforms are operating in which geographical coverage regions; allow the operator to place restrictions on the delivery of specific types of content in accordance with a given geographical coverage region such that information content may be made available to some mobile platforms operating in a first geographical coverage region, while that same information content may be restricted from mobile platforms operating in a different geographical coverage region. a content management coordinator system for providing said information content to said mobile platform; an interface operably associated: with said content management coordinator system and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platform and also with a user on said mobile platform via said satellite communications link; with said content management coordinator system and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platform and also with a user on said mobile platform via said satellite communications link; wherein said interface is a graphical user interface which enables said operator to define at least one of: type of information content to be made available to said mobile platforms from said content management coordinator system; and a time frame during which said information content is to be made available to said mobile platform from said content management coordinator system and wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to provide information to the operator concerning which of the one or more mobile platforms are operating in which geographical coverage regions; allow the operator to place restrictions on the delivery of specific types of content in accordance with a given geographical coverage region such that information content may be made available to some mobile platforms operating in a first geographical coverage region, while that same information content may be restricted from mobile platforms operating in a different geographical coverage region. type of information content to be made available to said mobile platforms from said content management coordinator system; and a time frame during which said information content is to be made available to said mobile platform from said content management coordinator system and wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to provide information to the operator concerning which of the one or more mobile platforms are operating in which geographical coverage regions; allow the operator to place restrictions on the delivery of specific types of content in accordance with a given geographical coverage region such that information content may be made available to some mobile platforms operating in a first geographical coverage region, while that same information content may be restricted from mobile platforms operating in a different geographical coverage region.