Cabin Interior and Electronics
Gulfstream G200 Gets Gogo Galileo by Thornton Aviation
Installation of the low-earth-orbit satcom took three weeks
Gogo Galileo installation by Thornton Aviation
The Gogo Galileo HDX antenna is the rectangular shape behind the two forward antennas on this Gulfstream G200. © Thornton Aviation

Van Nuys, California-based Thornton Aviation has accomplished its first Gogo Galileo HDX low-earth-orbit satcom installation, on a customer Gulfstream G200 that was upgraded from Gogo’s classic air-to-ground (ATG) system. Thornton Aviation used Trimec Aviation’s supplemental type certificate for the upgrade.

The three-week job replaced the classic ATG with Gogo’s Avance L3 Wi-Fi system with the HDX satcom terminal, including the antenna mounted on top of the fuselage. Gogo Galileo uses the Eutelsat OneWeb low-earth-orbit satellite network, which provides high-speed, low-latency airborne connectivity worldwide, except in countries that prohibit satellite communications.