French state to double stake in Eutelsat as LEO momentum clear
Against a backdrop of growing interest and take up in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and hybrid multi-orbit satcom solutions, the French government p... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: LEO
Benefits of multi-orbit IFC explored at APEX TECH
UK-based aviation and maritime intelligence provider Valour Consultancy recently made a bold prediction: SpaceX’s Starlink inflight co... Continue Reading
LHT targets airlines with ESA install in vertical stabilizer
Maintenance repair and overhaul giant Lufthansa Technik has a long history of fitting inflight connectivity systems to commercial and busine... Continue Reading
Intelsat multi-orbit IFC showdown: AC CRJ900 versus AA E175
With Intelsat’s legacy air-to-ground network shutdown looming, airlines are making haste in deploying replacement inflight connectivity syst... Continue Reading
Airbus fine-tunes HBCplus Ku-band IFC in advance of AIX 2025
Airbus has progressed in its antenna studies for the Ku-band side of its linefit, supplier-furnished HBCplus inflight connectivity program a... Continue Reading
Press Release: Panasonic completes multi-orbit network optimization
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics), a leading provider of in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions, has an... Continue Reading
Press Release: Eutelsat ramps up LEO-enabled aviation services
Eutelsat today announced its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) services for commercial and business aviation are now live and operational, with o... Continue Reading
Face to face with Telesat vice president, aviation Philippe Schleret
Having closed the funding required to launch its Lightspeed Ka-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Telesat, a longtime geost... Continue Reading
Iridium plans Certus safety flight trials aboard 767, 777 and 737
Iridium Communications expects to soon begin flight trials to ensure its global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-powered next-gen Certus serv... Continue Reading
Eutelsat touts LEO aero backlog, addresses Starlink factor
Eutelsat Group expects to start gleaning meaningful revenue in aero from the summer onwards, as more inflight connectivity systems are certi... Continue Reading
IFE and IFC poised to converge and transform PaxEx
There has perhaps never been a more exciting time to be involved in inflight entertainment than right now. High-bandwidth inflight connectiv... Continue Reading
SAS taps Starlink to power free inflight Wi-Fi on entire fleet
SAS has tapped SpaceX to bring Ku-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-supported inflight connectivity to its entire fleet, in a move that w... Continue Reading
OneWeb outage underscores value of multi-network connectivity
On 31 December 2024, Eutelsat experienced a “temporary, 48-hour outage” of its Eutelsat OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service, the ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Airbus wins Eutelsat contract to build OneWeb extension
Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build the extension of its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. U... Continue Reading
Following Arctic success Panasonic reveals multi-orbit IFC wins
Having successfully completed flight testing of its multi-orbit-capable inflight connectivity system in the Arctic region over Eutelsat OneW... Continue Reading