ThinKom Solutions, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of innovative, low-profile broadband antennas, utilizing their patented VICTS and CTS technologies. Their antennas are designed for various applications within the satcom ecosystem, including space payloads, inflight connectivity (IFC), ground stations, and military vehicles, offering multi-beam, multi-band, multi-orbit connectivity. ThinKom's antennas are compatible with GEO, MEO, HEO, and LEO networks and are known for their high spectral efficiency and low power consumption. The company serves commercial and government clients.
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ThinKom's approach increases reliability while reducing weight, power, and complexity.
ThinKom's antenna system can acquire and track satellites even at extremely low elevation angles while maintaining high spectral efficiency.
ThinKom's antenna offering utilizes the patented Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub (VICTS) architecture.
The ThinKom solution provides high spectral efficiency with relatively low power consumption.
ThinKom has developed a Q-band antenna as a potential future upgrade for the existing antenna solution.
ThinKom antennas have provided continuous service on U.S. government aircraft since 2018.
The ThinAir Ka2517 terminal was demonstrated over SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geostationary (GEO) satellite networks during testing at ThinKom’s Hawthorne, California facilities and on an aircraft in Mojave, California.
ThinKom’s ThinAir Ka2517 airborne satcom terminal completed demonstrations over SES’s Medium Earth Orbit and Geostationary satellite networks during testing at ThinKom’s Hawthorne, California facilities and on an aircraft in Mojave, California.
The ThinKom ThinAir Ka2517 antenna supports full commercial Ka-band and mil-Ka band satellites with forward link frequencies of 17.7–21.2 GHz and return link frequencies of 27.5–31 GHz.
Initial flights of the Triton flying test bed with the ThinKom Ka2517 antenna are expected to take place in the second quarter of 2022.
The ThinSat Ka500 utilizes ThinKom’s field-proven VICTS phased-array architecture with operational heritage on thousands of aero and land-mobile platforms worldwide.
Inmarsat developed a next‑generation inflight terminal with GDC Advanced Technology featuring GDC’s dual modem manager (MODMAN) with components by Kontron and a flat panel antenna by ThinKom.
The GX Aviation next-generation terminal uses a robust flat panel antenna developed by Thinkom.
ThinKom’s VICTS platform has been field-proven with thousands of units deployed in aero, land, and maritime mobile environments totaling more than 23 million cumulative hours of service.
Based on ThinKom Ka2517 antenna performance and Telesat’s Lightspeed LEO network, downlink speeds are expected to reach up to 830 Mbps to a single aircraft.
ThinKom expects hundreds of Ka-band aero Ka2517 antennas to be operating on GEO satellites when the Telesat Lightspeed network is ready to support commercial service.
Based on ThinKom Ka2517 antenna performance and Telesat’s Lightspeed LEO network, uplink speeds are expected to reach up to 200 Mbps to a single aircraft.
ThinKom’s new antenna will operate in the Q-band (37.5–42.5 GHz) and the V-band (47.2–51.4 GHz).
ThinKom provided three ThinSat 300 antennas as a subcontractor as part of the Army’s contract award to General Dynamics to support integration, engineering, and fielding services for the ABCT COTM experimentation effort.
The ThinKom system is designed to work with a full range of modems and networks and provides interoperability options with current and next-generation geostationary and low earth orbit satellite systems.