Anuvu is a leading provider of high-speed connectivity and entertainment solutions for mobility markets, particularly the airline industry. They offer in-flight entertainment programming, internet connectivity, and digital media services, utilizing Ku-band satellite technology. Anuvu is also developing the Anuvu Constellation, a GEO satellite constellation in partnership with Astranis, and has partnered with companies like Telesat and D-Orbit USA. They serve major airlines such as Southwest, Turkish Airlines and Air France, as well as government agencies like NASA through its acquisition of Signal Mountain Networks.
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Anuvu is partnering with VidComply on an AI-powered screening platform.
Anuvu will integrate VidComply’s automation capabilities into its content supply chain for faster screening of media assets across its inflight entertainment offering.
Astranis demonstrated its MicroGEO satellite platform in orbit in August 2025 when two satellites for in-flight connectivity provider Anuvu entered service.
Starlink will replace the Anuvu system that is installed on older Southwest aircraft.
Southwest currently works with Viasat and Anuvu for in-flight connectivity service.
In June 2022, Southwest signed a deal with Anuvu for Anuvu to modernize in-flight connectivity equipment across 350 of Southwest’s 737NG aircraft.
The Southwest-Starlink agreement will impact Anuvu’s work on Southwest aircraft.
Two Block 2 satellites, NuView Alpha and NuView Bravo, are en route to geostationary orbit over the Americas to provide inflight connectivity for Anuvu.
The Anuvu HEO project is D-Orbit’s first announced United States project for developing a satellite bus by repurposing the ION orbital transfer vehicle.
Anuvu proposed eight geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites after emerging from bankruptcy protection in 2021, and the first two of those eight were initially due to launch last year.
Anuvu plans to provide capacity from low Earth orbit using satellites that SpaceX is slated to start deploying in mid-2026 for Canadian GEO operator Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation.
Anuvu’s HEO satellites would cover over 95% of Anuvu airline customers’ flight paths, including routes closer to the North Pole that are beyond the reach of GEO satellites, providing similar coverage to low Earth orbit spacecraft.
Anuvu was previously known as Global Eagle Entertainment and collapsed into bankruptcy in July 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic greatly reduced core airline and cruise line activities.
Anuvu will become a satellite operator with the launch of NuView-A and NuView-B in mid-2024 after many years as the world’s largest lessor of geostationary satellite capacity.
The Anuvu Constellation is part of Anuvu’s bridge to LEO strategy to enable flexible connectivity architectures as new technology is deployed.
Block 2 includes the renamed Agila satellite for Orbits Corp, UtilitySat, and two spacecraft for U.S.-based mobile satellite connectivity specialist Anuvu.
Lenders rescued Anuvu (formerly Global Eagle Entertainment) in 2021 and the company subsequently ordered its own satellites to reduce reliance on leased capacity.
U.S.-based mobile satellite connectivity specialist Anuvu ordered two satellites that will join UtilitySat as part of Block 2.
Telesat is installing new 9-meter Ku-band and 9.2-meter Ka-band antennas at its Allan Park teleport in Ontario and at a backup site in Calgary, Alberta under its deal with Anuvu.
On 2023-02-07, Anuvu is leasing ground infrastructure from Canadian satellite operator Telesat for a geostationary constellation it expects to start deploying 2023.