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LEO Satcom Gaining Ground among Connectivity Buyers

Gogo Galileo and Starlink are vying for business aviation customers

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By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

October 19, 2024

With the shutdown of the SmartSky Networks air-to-ground (ATG) network, the recent rapid growth of SpaceX’s Starlink aviation offerings, and Gogo Business Aviation’s imminent Galileo low-earth-orbit (LEO) service, the airborne connectivity landscape has suddenly shifted.

SmartSky aimed to compete in the U.S. ATG space and got its network up and running, with equipment packages available for a variety of aircraft. An unknown number of installations took place at SmartSky dealer avionics shops, but the momentum just wasn’t there and it seems that there weren’t that many SmartSky systems installed. After spending hundreds of millions, SmartSky announced its surprise shutdown on August 16. This leaves aircraft owners who installed SmartSky systems in the lurch with no option to continue using their systems, and now they will have to pay again to install something else.

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