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Sidewinder

Rumor has it…

16 February 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

WiFi sign on the passenger service unit in an airplane cabin

With a major IFC contract ready to be awarded, could a dark horse score an unexpected win?

This story is about: 737 MAX, 777, 787, A321neo, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, antenna, Delta Air Lines, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Hawaiian Airlines, Hughes, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, JSX, Ka1717, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, portal, regional jet, Satellite, Sidewinder, SpaceX, Starlink, STCs, Stellar Blu, Supplemental Type Certificate, ThinKom, United Airlines, ViaSat, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Intelsat celebrates arctic LEO/GEO testing with Utqiagvik visit

5 February 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Intelsat's testbed CR7 on the ground in Utqiagvik during the LEO/GEO testing in December 2023

A visit to Alaska’s North Slope in mid-December gave Intelsat the opportunity to demonstrate the multi-orbit functionality of its new electronically steered antenna (ESA) terminal and multi-orbit connectivity strategy.

This story is about: Air Canada, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Ball Aerospace, Dave Bijur, GEO, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ku, Ku-band, Ku3030, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, regional jet, Satellite, Sidewinder, Stellar Blu, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Starlink flying on SpaceX’s new 737-800

26 January 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Starlink antenna panel is small and light, while promising high speed internet service on airplanes.

SpaceX has a new private jet, and it appears to be flying with the Starlink inflight internet services on board.

This story is about: 737-800, A321neo, BizAv, Boeing, business aviation, CesiumAstro, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Hanwha, Hawaiian Airlines, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, JSX, Ka1717, Ka2517, Ku3030, phased array, Phasor, Sidewinder, SpaceX, Starlink, STCs, Stellar Blu, Supplemental Type Certificate, ThinAir, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC

Aerolineas Argentinas taps Intelsat for LEO/GEO inflight internet

20 November 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

ESAs are not just for regional jets. That is one of the key messages coming out of Argentina this week, as Intelsat and Aerolineas Argentinas team up to add inflight connectivity to part of the carrier’s fleet.

This story is about: 737 MAX, A330, Aerolineas Argentinas, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Eutelsat, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, phased array, Sidewinder, Stellar Blu Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

In search of the optimal curves for drag performance

12 October 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Two of the radome/terminal options for IFC solutions. One is clearly much smaller, but is that enough to make it the most efficient?

Aircraft generally adhere to the “less is more” principle, with smaller and lighter components winning out for installation. So hearing that a larger radome might reduce drag on their aircraft relative to smaller options definitely piqued my curiosity.

This story is about: antenna, CRJ700, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ERJ-175, ESA, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka1717, Ku3030, phased array, radome, Satellite, Sidewinder, Starlink, Stellar Blu, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Telesat Lightspeed secures government funding for LEO launch

11 August 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A rendering of the Telesat Lightspeed LEO constellation

Telesat appears finally ready to deliver its LightSpeed LEO constellation. But is it too little, too late?

This story is about: Anuvu, Ball Aerospace, Canada, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Gilat, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka1717, Ka2517, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, phased array, Satellite, Sidewinder, Stellar Blu, Telesat, Telesat Phase 1, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC

Stellar Blu, Satcom Direct partner for BizAv LEO services

8 December 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Business aviation solutions provider Satcom Direct will serve as the preferred provider for Stellar Blu’s Sidewinder antenna systems as the companies roll out the next generation of inflight connectivity for business jets. The Stellar Blu Sidewinder electronically steered array (ESA) terminal will offer a link to OneWeb’s LEO constellation.

This story is about: BizAv, business aviation, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, gogo, Jason Sperry, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, QEST, Satcom Direct, Satellite, Sidewinder, Stellar Blu, Tracy Trent Filed Under: IFEC

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