notableproduct2026-07-20

ThinKom's GT2517 becomes first airborne antenna certified for O3b mPower

ThinKom · SES

ThinKom's ThinAir GT2517 is the first airborne antenna certified to operate on SES's O3b mPower constellation.

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what happened

ThinKom's ThinAir GT2517 Ka-band airborne terminal completed SES's Government Technology Certification (GTC) program, per Via Satellite, becoming the first airborne antenna certified to operate on SES's O3b mPOWER medium-Earth-orbit constellation. The Type 3 certification integrates the GT2517 with the Hughes HM400 software-defined modem and SES Space and Defense's terminal-manager software, clearing it for deployment across SES Space and Defense's GEO and NGSO satellite assets for special-mission ISR aircraft.

why it matters

The certification gives government ISR and special-mission aircraft operators a qualified path onto O3b mPower's low-latency MEO capacity alongside GEO, widening the in-flight connectivity options SES Space and Defense can sell into military and intelligence customers.

signal-to-noise

MULTI-SOURCE

3/5

leadtier 3 of 5 on its owncorrob-1 earned from 1 rule

calculation

3base tier 3 from lead source class "trade" (Via Satellite) satellitetoday.com-1corroboration crawl ran and found nothing+1survived uncontested past the persistence window (caps at 4)

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movements

2→32026-08-04 · survived uncontested past the persistence window (caps at 4)

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quick facts

Companies: ThinKom, SES
Category: product
Impact: notable
SNR: 3 / 5
Event date: 2026-07-20
Published: 2026-07-21 05:33 UTC

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