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France-based Eutelsat has launched its new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet service for aviation, with Air Canada becoming the first commercial airline to adopt its tech.
The service, powered by UK-based OneWeb’s satellite network, is positioned as a direct competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink, which is already in use by WestJet.
Eutelsat gained access to OneWeb’s LEO constellation through a merger in September 2023. The company says over 100 aircraft are already flying with the service, including both commercial and private jets.
Air Canada is using a multi-orbit setup combining LEO and traditional geostationary (GEO) satellites via Intelsat. Other major carriers are beginning installations, and in business aviation, the service is being added to aircraft through a partnership with Gogo. Textron plans to install the system on its Cessna and Airbus corporate jets.
“Eutelsat’s LEO aviation services, powered by the OneWeb constellation, provide high speed, low latency, and premium performance to meet the evolving connectivity needs of airlines and business jets globally,” said Cyril Dujardin, President of the Connectivity Business Unit at Eutelsat, in a statement on Wednesday.
The OneWeb LEO constellation has 654 satellites in orbit at the moment, whereas Starlink has over 7,100 satellites in orbit, based on tracking by astronomer Jonathan McDowell. OneWeb’s satellites orbit at about 1,200 km above Earth, which allows it to give broader coverage, but at the expense of latency. Starlinks orbit the Earth at about the 550 km range, which offers lower latency and faster download speeds. SpaceX has helped OneWeb with six launches of their satellites, dating from December 2022 to October 2024, for a total of 175 satellites launched into orbit by Starlink’s parent company.
More than 1,000 aircraft are scheduled for installation, as Eutelsat expands its presence in the growing in-flight internet market.
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Will this give air Canada more business – I hope so.
I would rather have Starlink.
Yup. Better, cheaper service. That’s the expectation. Instead, as we so often do in Canada, it’ll be inferior and more expensive.
I fully agree with and support the buy Canadian movement. That really should have always been the case. It benefits Canadians directly and builds our economy. Win-win.
But, the “boycott musk” movement is useless. It’s a tantrum that doesn’t benefit anyone. Mostly pushed by leftist children that were trying to get at musk before the trade war. Tariffs have just given them a convenient excuse to justify their tantrums.