OneWeb, which has successfully launched 428 satellites of a planned 648-satellite LEO constellation, believes its agreement with Gogo Business Aviation represents a leap forward for business aviation connectivity. Viasat expects to complete its acquisition of Inmarsat by the end of this year. GEO satellite-based IFC service providers Collins Aerospace, via LuxStream Inmarsat Jet ConneX through value added resellers and Viasat are also competing for BizAv tails in North America and around the world.
Combining capacity from OneWeb’s LEO satellite network with Gogo’s ATG network will deliver “even higher capacity than LEO alone can provide”, noted Gogo, which lately has been competing on the ATG IFC front in the continental US with new entrant SmartSky Networks.Ī new LEO satcom player, SpaceX’s Starlink, is also making gains, having recently secured ‘semi-private’ JSXand Hawaiian Airlinesas customers. “If a customer has 元 or L5, they will be able to add global broadband and can use either network while flying in North America or have satellite when they fly out of North America,” he added. The SCS doesn’t come with ATG service, so you’re right that they do not need ATG for this service to work,” a Gogo spokesman explained when asked if a global operator can simply order the LEO-powered IFC solution. “his will be offered to business aircraft around the world.
“To access the network, the new service will require just one Gogo AVANCE LRU inside the aircraft, which means existing AVANCE customers will only have to install the ESA antenna, with a single cable for power in, and a single cable for data out.”īut global operators that do not need or want ATG service in North America will be able to avail of Gogo’s global LEO-powered IFC in standalone form. “Gogo’s exclusive antenna assembly, designed in conjunction with Hughes Network Systems, LLC will be small enough for installation on the fuselage of business aircraft from super light jets and large turboprops to ultralong-range jets, and will operate on OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency broadband global network,” declared Gogo in a statement. Gogo Business Aviation, the dominant provider of inflight connectivity to business aircraft in North America, is gearing up to go global with a new broadband IFC solution for BizAv that will leverage Hughes Network Systems’ electronically steered antenna (ESA) technology and OneWeb’s Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation.īy partnering with Hughes and OneWeb, Gogo is making good on its stated commitment to offer an integrated air-to-ground/LEO satellite-supported inflight connectivity product to the North American business aviation market, and a LEO-focused solution globally.
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