{"id":2456,"date":"2025-11-18T13:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/viasat-integrates-with-telesat-lightspeed-leo-capacity-to-enhance-jetxp-in-flight-connectivity\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:18:26","slug":"viasat-integrates-with-telesat-lightspeed-leo-capacity-to-enhance-jetxp-in-flight-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/viasat-integrates-with-telesat-lightspeed-leo-capacity-to-enhance-jetxp-in-flight-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat Integrates with Telesat Lightspeed LEO Capacity to Enhance JetXP In-Flight Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/700375_21__638990452064296071.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"387\" alt=\"Viasat Integrates with Telesat Lightspeed LEO Capacity to Enhance JetXP In-Flight Connectivity\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/700375_21__638990452064296071.png\" style=\"opacity: 0.945503;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/700375_21__638990452064296071.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Viasat<\/strong>, a global leader in satellite communications, announced a major advancement in its business aviation multi-orbit strategy, with plans to integrate <strong>Telesat<\/strong> Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite capacity into its JetXP in-flight broadband service.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Viasat\u2019s ultra-high throughput Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) capabilities &#8211; including the advanced ViaSat-3 satellites &#8211; with flexible and resilient LEO capacity will further enhance JetXP\u2019s reliable, consistent, high-performance connectivity, offering even greater redundancy and global coverage.<\/p>\n<p>JetXP is designed to deliver the best available performance between GEO and LEO satellites by intelligently routing data in real-time. This optimizes the connectivity experience to meet different levels of customer demand, including applications more sensitive to latency and jitter &#8211; such as interactive gaming, high-definition video conferencing, and real-time cloud collaboration \u2013 on multiple devices at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting Viasat\u2019s customer-first philosophy, the multi-orbit capabilities will be available as a single offering on selected JetXP plans, eliminating the need for multiple subscriptions. Customers will require an additional flat-panel Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA), designed to work seamlessly with JetXP\u2019s existing tail-mount antennas and featuring fewer Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) for ease of installation. Further details will be unveiled next year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: The Challenges of Rapid Commercialisation of Electronically Steerable Antennas<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Don Buchman<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>, Aviation President at Viasat, said:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019re proud that Viasat has successfully pioneered some of business aviation\u2019s greatest in-flight connectivity innovations over the past 35 years, all with a focus on delivering the very best experience possible to stay ahead of evolving customer needs. That\u2019s been a key part of our success and the reason why our premium solutions are widely adopted on more than 5,000 business jets worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>GEO<\/em><em>&nbsp;remains our highly-efficient, scalable, and cost-effective backbone. It will continue to single-handedly meet the long-term needs of many business aviation customers, delivering significant capacity, proven reliability, and global coverage. However, we understand that certain requirements are better served with multi-orbit capabilities and have designed our network architecture to intelligently orchestrate this, as shown with our Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) payloads, which will deliver Arctic coverage on selected&nbsp;<\/em><em>JetXP<\/em><em>&nbsp;terminals from next year. The integration of&nbsp;<\/em><em>Telesat Lightspeed<\/em><em>&nbsp;LEO is another breakthrough and has been scheduled to enter commercial service in late 2027.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The performance of all JetXP service plans, including the future multi-orbit options, will be measured using Viasat\u2019s market-first iQe (In-flight Quality of Experience) concept. Purpose-built for business aviation, iQe will be available next year, using AI and advanced analytics to continuously monitor a broad range of network metrics in real-time. The results are instantly translated into a single Quality of Experience (QoE) score that clearly reflects the overall connectivity experience for principals, operators, and flight crew.<\/p>\n<p>This customer-centric approach aligns with a new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management, which states that peak-speed metrics fail to capture the moments that truly matter to passengers, such as joining a board meeting without the connection dropping, closing multi-million dollar deals without disruption, or watching crucial sporting moments without buffering. The research calls for a broader range of metrics \u2013 such as latency, jitter, packet loss, and bandwidth \u2013 to be evaluated, with the results presented in a clear, intuitive way that shows whether users accomplished their objectives without friction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, announced a major advancement in its business aviation multi-orbit strategy, with plans to integrate Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite capacity into its JetXP in-flight broadband service. The combination of Viasat\u2019s ultra-high throughput Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) capabilities &#8211; including the advanced ViaSat-3 satellites &#8211; with flexible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23,26,38,20],"class_list":["post-2456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-communication-systems","tag-ground","tag-leo","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}