Starling's Broadband Antenna Achieves "Record Performance"

Starling Advanced Communication says its new Ku-band fuselage-mounted antenna for airliners achieved "record performance" for high bandwidth communications during recent flight testing.

Starling's MIJET satcom antenna system was installed on a B-737 for the evaluation, which involved a full range of typical communications applications, conducted simultaneously by multiple users, including video conferencing, VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) calls (using Skype), large file downloads, emails, and Web surfing.

The antenna exceeded nominal specifications, Starling said, achieving a reception bit rate of more than 20 Mbps and transmission bit rate of more than 5 Mbps, while maintaining continuous broadband connectivity with the Amos satellite at different altitudes and aircraft attitudes.  09-07-2007.

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