Software-defined network part of Intelsat plan for aero - Runway Girl
Intelsat is evolving towards software-defined, reconfigurable satellite assets that will allow the company to direct high-throughput capacity “precisely where and when an airline needs it”, the satellite operator tells Runway Girl Network. As part of this strategy, the McClean, Virginia-based company has contracted Airbus to build two OneSat satellites operating in multiple frequency bands. The OneSat product line is Airbus’ latest generation of fully flexible, in orbit reconfigurable, software defined satellites. Intelsat inked the contract with Airbus on 31 December 2020. The two soft...