ATG Aviation Connectivity Providers Facing Big LEO Challenges: Consultancy
Competing air-to-ground networks in the in-flight connectivity space face a far bigger business threat from low earth orbit satellite operators than from one another, Valour Consultancy blogged Tuesday. SpaceX has entered the commercial aviation sector and is making headway in…
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business aviation, while OneWeb is signing hardware deals with a variety of commercial partners, Valour said. "The consequence for ATG has been staggering," with close to 1,000 commercial aircraft moving from ATG to satcom in coming years. Pointing to SmartSky Networks shuttering operations last month, Valour said Amazon’s Kuiper and Telesat's Lightspeed increasing LEO options for aircraft operators in coming years points to continued momentum for LEO.