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SmartSky Resurrected as Apcela ATG
The restored air-to-ground connectivity network has new cybersecurity features
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Apcela, the network systems developer that built and operated the air-to-ground airborne connectivity system created by SmartSky Networks, has relaunched the service and rebranded it as Apcela ATG. The move follows Apcela’s purchase of the ATG network from SmartSky earlier this year and enabled operators that installed SmartSky systems to switch their systems on again after the network abruptly shut down in August 2024.

After years of delays, SmartSky launched the ATG service at the end of 2021 and into early 2022, eventually operating more than 300 ground stations in the U.S., providing full coverage in the continental U.S. and up to about 100 miles offshore.