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NSG Skywaves will use Airbus HBC+ hardware featuring the Thinkom Ka2517 antenna.
The new ground stations will utilize ThinKom’s Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub (VICTS) phased-array antenna technology to provide high-throughput, low-latency connectivity.
Bill Milroy, Chairman and CTO of ThinKom, stated that efficient connectivity for government users worldwide is a major objective as the company scales its production of defense-grade hardware.
ThinKom Solutions, Inc. was awarded a contract by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force, to develop containerized and transportable ground stations on January 13, 2026.
In February 2023, SES, ThinKom, and Hughes showcased their multi-orbit service capabilities for aeronautical missions.
NSG Skywaves® includes the ThinKom Ka2517 antenna, which has been deployed on more than 1,700 aircraft worldwide.
ThinKom's core antenna module utilizes an active phased array design based on the company's patented Ultra technology.
ThinKom will develop a Ka-band version of its scalable Digital Array for multi-beam, multi-orbit, multi-constellation operation.
ThinKom and KSAT are partnering to improve operational efficiency for their Earth Observation customers.
KSAT will evaluate the multi-beam performance of ThinKom's solution by simultaneously tracking and processing wideband Ka-band downlinks from multiple satellites.
ThinKom and KSAT will develop a commercially viable receive-only ground station to enhance network capacity.
Program testing will be conducted in collaboration with NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System Program at ThinKom's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
All aircraft equipped with the SES Open Orbits™ network are supported by ThinKom’s ThinAir Ka2517 Antenna.
All aircraft equipped with the SES Open Orbits network are supported by ThinKom’s ThinAir Ka2517 Antenna.
ThinKom’s antenna will connect via an SES terminal to provide multi-orbit SATCOM service using SES GEO satellites and the O3b classic and mPOWER MEO constellations.
The ThinKom and SES multi-orbit capability includes the option to operate in both GEO and MEO networks simultaneously.
ThinKom’s ThinAir Ka2517 is compatible with SES’s next-generation O3b mPOWER MEO constellation that SES plans to bring online before the end of June 2024.
Viasat plans to deploy a pair of satellites in a highly elliptical orbit in 2024 to add polar coverage to its geostationary network, and ThinKom’s technology is approved for use with those satellites.
ThinKom exhibited at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. from 2024-03-18-21, 2024 at booth #2333.
ThinKom anticipates achieving speeds exceeding 800/200 Mbps on select networks as new constellations are fully activated.