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.
The new satellite gateway will extend HYLAS 4 coverage to Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, and Liberia and will complete Avanti’s coverage of Ivory Coast.
Avanti Communications and Free in Senegal entered a five-year partnership to build and host a new satellite gateway in Senegal for Avanti’s HYLAS 4 Ka-band satellite.
HYLAS 4 is a Ka-band satellite operated by Avanti Communications.
Avanti Communications completed the second phase of its project to build a new HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station in Dakar, Senegal.
Avanti’s HYLAS 4 satellite coverage is intended to provide reliable, high-speed voice and data to Senegal’s rural communities, schools, hospitals, businesses, and government departments.
StarWin’s Leopard-Full Dimensional ESA and LeopardWin-Hybrid ESA terminals operate using Avanti’s HYLAS 4 Ka-band satellite and service.
Viasat plans to leverage Avanti’s HYLAS 4 and HYLAS 2 satellites beginning in October 2021.
Viasat plans to leverage Avanti’s HYLAS 4 and HYLAS 2 satellites beginning in October 2021.
Avanti will combine capacity and coverage from its HYLAS 4 and HYLAS 2 satellites with Turksat’s Turksat-5B satellite to provide customers access to more than 100 Gbps of GEO Ka-band capacity.
Hylas 4 launched on 2018-04-05 on an Ariane 5 and has a mass of 4,050 kg.
Avanti Communications received an Infrastructure Operator Authorization for its HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station in Diamniadio, Senegal on 2024-02-29.
StarWin successfully tested an Electronically Steered Phased Array Antenna (ESA) terminal for Communications on the Move (COTM) on Avanti Communications’ HYLAS 4 Ka-band satellite earlier 2023-10.
Avanti and StarWin successfully tested an Electronically Steered Phased Array Antenna (ESA) terminal for Communications On The Move on Avanti’s HYLAS 4 Ka-band satellite in October 2023.