Avanti is using its largest satellite, Hylas-4, to provide connectivity services across Africa.
Isotropic Systems completed two-way communications tests of its electronically steered antenna using Avanti’s Hylas-4 satellite.
Hylas-4 launched in April 2018 and is positioned to support cellular backhaul in Africa.
Avanti forecasts overall revenues to increase 67 percent in 2019 and an additional 30 percent in 2020 largely through new government customers on Hylas-4 and the upcoming Hylas-3 hosted payload.
Avanti signed a $10,000,000 contract with fleet operator Viasat of Carlsbad, California in June 2018 for capacity on its Hylas-4 satellite.
Avanti expects a swing to growth in 2019 due to customers on the Hylas-4 satellite and the upcoming Hylas-3 hosted payload.
Hylas-4 launched in 2018.
Avanti expects government customer growth on Hylas-4 and Hylas-3 to increase bandwidth-specific revenue by 125 percent in 2019 and by another 40 percent in 2020.
Viasat acquired a quarter of the steerable capacity on Avanti’s Hylas-4 satellite on 2018-06-25.
The two-year, $10,000,000 lease of Hylas-4 capacity will support international government applications.
Hylas-4 launched on 2018-04-05 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.
Viasat’s acquisition of steerable capacity on Hylas-4 provides Ka-band resources usable from the Americas across the Atlantic to the Middle East.
Avanti HYLAS 4 provides steerable Ka-band satellite capacity.
Avanti HYLAS 4 was newly launched as of 2018-06-25.
The $10,000,000 contract provides Viasat with leased capacity on a steerable beam on the Avanti HYLAS 4 satellite.
Viasat will use the leased HYLAS 4 steerable Ka-band capacity to enhance connectivity services for global government applications on Viasat’s Best Available Network.