Hughes bullish on OneWeb success, prospects for Jupiter platform
Last month’s issue of Satellite Mobility World magazine went for OneWeb’s jugular, suggesting that major investor Softbank’s emphasis on pro... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: MEO
Thales seeks to establish leadership position in inflight connectivity
Viasat has long boasted that its broadband Ka-band IFC delivers 12 Mbps to each individual passenger in-flight. But Thales InFlyt Experience... Continue Reading
SES, Thales, ThinKom celebrate milestone flight demo of MEO/GEO IFC
Having validated an interoperable GEO/MEO connectivity platform in the cruise industry, SES Networks’ eyes are now on the skies for it... Continue Reading
The heat is on with aircraft ESAs. Carlisle has a cool answer
Heat and power. These two words are on the tips of the tongues of all stakeholders seeking to bring new electronically steerable antennas (E... Continue Reading
Press Release: ThinKom Ka antenna forms core of GDC Technics’ IFC
GDC Technics, an industry leader in aircraft modifications, MRO services, technical services, and electronic systems, announces the availabi... Continue Reading
Phasor and Gogo advance work on Ku electronically steerable antenna
Phasor is “roughly on schedule” for the first version of the electronically steerable antenna (ESA) it is developing in partners... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik presses for inflight connectivity SLA standards
Lufthansa is eager to offer a consistent inflight connectivity experience for passengers, irrespective of whether they’re flying on long-hau... Continue Reading
Isotropic seeks to completely change satellite IFC economics
Today, the cost of a traditional Ku- or Ka-band satellite antenna for aero is roughly $175,000 to $200,000. When you add in the cost of inst... Continue Reading
Press Release: Phasor partners with STI for commercial ESA production
Phasor, the developer of leading, enterprise-grade electronically-steered antenna (ESA) systems, today announced that it has engaged manufac... Continue Reading
Press Release: Astronics AeroSat to preview nextgen satcom at AIX
Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense, and other mission critical industries, ann... Continue Reading
Seamless Air Alliance continues member growth, agrees framework
Having only been gathering new members since June, the pieces of the puzzle that the Seamless Air Alliance needs to fulfill its goals are no... Continue Reading
ThinKom eyes near-term commercial airline launch of Ka-band antenna
When Gogo early this year revealed it was grappling with the problem of deicing fluid seeping under antenna radomes, ThinKom Solutions’ Ku30... Continue Reading
Intelsat, OneWeb work to bring new economics to Ku connectivity
Airlines can be forgiven if they’re still not 100% sure which inflight connectivity roadmap to adopt for their fleets or subfleets. After al... Continue Reading
Press Release: ThinKom demos aero terminal with O3b MEO satellites
ThinKom Solutions, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the first ground test of its ThinAir® Ka2517 Ka-band phased-array satel... Continue Reading
Why Global Eagle is largely committed to supporting IFC regionally
Lest there are any questions about whether or not Global Eagle is second-guessing its decision to focus on providing inflight connectivity t... Continue Reading
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