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SES, ThinKom expand testing for multi-orbit inflight connectivity

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SES and ThinKom received approval this week from the FCC to conduct terrestrial testing of the Ka2517 terminal against the O3b constellation. The Experimental Special Temporary Authority, approved on 6 August, grants permission for testing on the ground at ThinKom’s Hawthorne, CA offices, and joins a similar approval issued for testing against SES-17 in July.

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