Eutelsat OneWeb, part of Eutelsat Group, the world’s first integrated GEO-LEO satellite operator, and Intelsat, a leading provider of in-flight connectivity (IFC), have completed a series of historic demonstrations of inflight connectivity across the polar regions within the Arctic Circle.
The test flights were completed on Intelsat’s test aircraft, a CRJ-700 regional jet equipped with a multi-orbit Electronically Steered Array (ESA) antenna. The successful test flights demonstrated that airlines that require inflight internet connectivity on long-haul flights at extreme northerly latitudes can rely on Intelsat’s multi-orbit connectivity solution, powered by OneWeb’s LEO constellation, to deliver low-latency, high-throughput service across the polar routes.
