{"id":55323,"date":"2022-05-23T22:52:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/leo-operators-take-aim-at-the-in-flight-connectivity-market\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T22:52:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:52:05","slug":"leo-operators-take-aim-at-the-in-flight-connectivity-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/leo-operators-take-aim-at-the-in-flight-connectivity-market\/","title":{"rendered":"LEO Operators Take Aim at the In-Flight Connectivity Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operators have their sights firmly set on the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market, and have made some bold statements about the impact they expect to have on this space. The extent to which LEOs could disrupt the on-board Wi-Fi sector, however, is up for debate and depends very much on whom you ask.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s satellite-based IFC services are supported by Geostationary (GEO) satellites, with operators such as Inmarsat, Viasat, and Intelsat providing well-established solutions to a growing number of airlines. But potential LEO rivals \u2014 including OneWeb, Telesat with its Lightspeed constellation, and SpaceX with its Starlink network \u2014 are waiting in the wings and promising great things when they complete their launches and break into the IFC market.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TjfBcGu5THerF0huZk8J_VS_060122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TjfBcGu5THerF0huZk8J_VS_060122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TjfBcGu5THerF0huZk8J_VS_060122_DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TjfBcGu5THerF0huZk8J_VS_060122_DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TjfBcGu5THerF0huZk8J_VS_060122_DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the June 2022 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Hofeller, vice president of Starlink Commercial Sales for SpaceX, made waves at the virtual Connected Aviation Intelligence Summit in June 2021 when he predicted that in 10 years\u2019 time, LEO operators will account for 90 percent of the satellite-based IFC market. Other LEO players are a little more guarded on putting out such high numbers at this stage, but confident nonetheless in their ability to shake up the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Schleret, Telesat\u2019s regional sales vice president for North America, says \u201cthe numbers are a guessing game,\u201d but he predicts that LEOs will \u201cdefinitely be a game-changer for in-flight connectivity.\u201d He adds: \u201cThis is a market that has been struggling to bring the same type of user experience that you can get on land, and with the fiber-like connectivity that we can deliver with Telesat Lightspeed, it will totally change the user experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Griffin, vice president of Mobility at OneWeb, injects what he describes as \u201ca stake of realism\u201d into SpaceX\u2019s 90 percent market-share prediction.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2ce21d;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2ce21d = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2ce21e').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2ce21e'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love for that to be true, but I think we need to be a bit credible here. Having been in this game for quite some time, even if it is the best technology in the world and it\u2019s a fraction of the cost of anything else, I think that to get anywhere near those rates is, frankly, highly unlikely,\u201d says Griffin. \u201cIf by the end of this decade LEO represented 50 percent of all satellite consumed in IFC, I would say that we were doing pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent GEO IFC players are skeptical about the claims of these would-be market disruptors. Inmarsat\u2019s senior vice president of IFC, Niels Steenstrup, for instance, describes the claims as \u201ca bit overstated and highly aspirational.\u201d He adds: \u201cIt\u2019s not as straightforward as the LEO operators make it out to be. Airlines, of course, are going to be interested. They\u2019re going to engage and understand, but until the technology is proven, I don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to see a lot of adoption for IFC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frederik van Essen, vice president of Business Development and managing director at Intelsat, is similarly unconvinced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust saying that LEO will do world domination, I take that with a grain of salt,\u201d says van Essen. While LEO has potential for low-latency service, he questions the importance of latency to airline customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the services we typically use on board an aircraft, is it going to be high-frequency trading for your stocks? I don\u2019t think so. For most of the things that you do on board, latency doesn\u2019t play a role at all. So, it\u2019s a questionable advantage,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>LEO operators disagree on the importance of latency, however, billing it as one of their key differentiators alongside high capacity and global, pole-to-pole coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe obvious benefit is the latency,\u201d says Telesat\u2019s Schleret. \u201cYou have a sub-50 millisecond latency versus what you see today on GEOs that are in the 600-800 millisecond range. It\u2019s another magnitude lower, and that will enable a lot of new applications and, obviously, a superior passenger experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OneWeb\u2019s Griffin points to cloud computing \u2013 a lot of which, he says, requires sub 200-millisecond latency \u2013 online conference calls, and gaming as applications that benefit from low latency. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven just browsing, it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019ve got a gigabit per second if you\u2019re suffering from latency of 800-900 milliseconds as you do in the GEO world. It still feels a bit clunky, even though the speed is good,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2ce9f1;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2ce9f1 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2ce9f2').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2ce9f2'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The number one benefit of LEO for IFC, adds Griffin, is the \u201csheer volume\u201d of capacity in the network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got tons. Equally, it\u2019s delivered uniformly around the world, so it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re an operator in the U.S., doing transatlantic flights, Asia, Africa, anywhere in the world, there\u2019s tons of coverage available. There aren\u2019t any areas where we can\u2019t serve the aviation market,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the hype, however, SpaceX is the only LEO provider to have so far signed any agreements with launch airline customers. Hop-on jet service JSX announced April 25 that it had selected Starlink as its Wi-Fi provider. It has placed an order to begin installing the system on 100 aircraft, and says the first Starlink-equipped plane will take flight later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiian Airlines became the first major commercial carrier to sign up for Starlink, agreeing in late April to equip its Airbus A330s, A321neos and incoming fleet of Boeing 787-9s with the solution. Both JSX and Hawaiian say they will provide the service free-of-charge to passengers. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Delta Air Lines has also held talks with Starlink, and has conducted exploratory tests of its technology. Delta\u2019s Wi-Fi services are currently split between Viasat and Intelsat. <\/p>\n<p>OneWeb is \u201chaving discussions with prospective airline customers,\u201d says Griffin, and \u201cthere are several airlines that are interested in being the launch customer.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t disclose who, but I would say that as we were approaching our original service date of early 2023, the interest from the airline community has ratcheted up quite a bit,\u201d adds Griffin. That date has slipped, however, to the latter half of 2023 after OneWeb suspended all launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in March following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The London-headquartered company has since signed an agreement with SpaceX that will enable it to resume launches later this year. It has so far launched two-thirds of its planned 648-strong LEO satellite constellation.<\/p>\n<p>Telesat\u2019s LEO IFC service has also been hit with delays due to supply chain issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point, we\u2019re expecting to begin launching in 2025 and offer full global services in 2026, and we\u2019ll be ready to provide the in-flight connectivity services right from the beginning of operations of the constellation,\u201d says Schleret. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working with Thales Alenia Space to analyze and mitigate the schedule delays and we believe the supply chain issues have delayed us by about a year, but we\u2019re still looking at how to improve those dates with the manufacturer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2cf0d6;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2cf0d6 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2cf0d7').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2cf0d7'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Schleret adds that Telesat has \u201cseen a lot of interest and traction from both the IFC providers and from the airlines\u201d in its Lightspeed network. The Canadian operator plans to serve the aviation market indirectly through IFC providers such as Anuvu.<\/p>\n<p>Service provider Anuvu, formerly known as Global Eagle, is following what it describes as a \u201cbridge to LEO\u201d strategy for aviation. Earlier this year, it signed an agreement with Telesat for 10 gigabits of Ka-band capacity on Telesat\u2019s 19V Vantage GEO satellite, adding to Anuvu\u2019s existing multi-band capacity on 54 satellites from 11 operators. Anuvu also plans to launch its own constellation of microGEO satellites as part of its strategy to enable airline customers to begin using terminals and capacity that are forward-compatible with the Telesat Lightspeed LEO network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we looked at all the LEO constellation providers, Telesat checked all the boxes for us as a great participant in what is the LEO layer of our network,\u201d says Mike Pigott, executive vice president of connectivity at Anuvu. \u201cWe\u2019re big believers in their design and we\u2019re working very closely with them on making sure our shipsets, our network design, our operations are compatible with their Lightspeed network, and we\u2019re building layers on top of that to add in our own GEO arc.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Pigott believes that \u201cwe\u2019re at the end of the beginning of connectivity, and the innovation curve we\u2019re about to start is going to be rapid and truly revolutionary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest questions on airlines\u2019 minds when discussing LEO satellite-based IFC is the antenna, says Schleret. Last year, Telesat and ThinKom Solutions agreed to collaborate on integrating the latter\u2019s Ka2517 aeronautical antenna with Lightspeed. Telesat is also working with Anuvu to make that company\u2019s Airconnect antenna compatible with Lightspeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese will be two great solutions right from the start of service,\u201d says Schleret. \u201cWe\u2019ve also made some great progress in the evaluation of electronically-steerable antennas [ESAs] for the aviation market, so we\u2019ll have an ESA antenna for aircraft for Telesat Lightspeed that will bring attractive performance and cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OneWeb, meanwhile, has opted to go with electronically-steered array technology from the start. In the first quarter of last year, it signed a joint development agreement with SatixFy UK to base its aero terminal on SatixFy\u2019s electronically-steered multibeam antenna technology. OneWeb followed this in November 2021 with an agreement with GDC Advanced Technology to develop a new terminal based on ESA technology developed by Ball Aerospace.<\/p>\n<p>While new technology adds to airlines\u2019 perceived risk of opting for LEO IFC, Griffin points to the advantages of ESAs in the context of aviation, such as less weight and drag, and fewer parts to repair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s much more of an opportunity than a risk because if you eradicate moving parts it\u2019s going to last longer, and if it lasts longer you\u2019re going to spend less time having it maintained,\u201d he says. \u201cAny airline or aircraft operator will tell you that whenever antennas fail it\u2019s a bit of a pain because it\u2019s not just going into an aircraft and swapping something over, you\u2019ve got to take the radome off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2cf7db;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2cf7db = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2cf7dc').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2cf7dc'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>OneWeb\u2019s aim, says Griffin, is \u201cto have the kit cost a bit lower than it is today\u201d for airlines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that the CapEx requirement to install on an aircraft is not insignificant, and we\u2019re always looking for ways in which we can overcome that hurdle,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Having a strong antenna strategy is important when serving the aviation market because \u201cyou\u2019re hitting a moving target with another moving target,\u201d observes Andy Masson, vice president of Product and Portfolio Management at in-flight entertainment and connectivity provider Panasonic Avionics.<\/p>\n<p>Panasonic does not own satellites, rather it buys bandwidth from a suite of providers. This, he asserts, \u201cputs us in quite a strong position to go and buy capability where it comes online and leverage that for our airline customers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Masson views LEO as \u201cvery compelling.\u201d He says: \u201cThere\u2019s, frankly, a cost advantage with LEO because there\u2019s an enormous number of them, and they have a huge advantage by bringing a big reduction in latency.\u201d Coverage is another key selling point, adds Masson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLEO satellites have a huge coverage that goes over the polar regions,\u201d says Masson. \u201cAnyone who\u2019s flown over the pole, maybe they\u2019ve gone from the Middle East to the U.S., will have seen a big chunk of the flight connectivity turns off. That won\u2019t happen anymore. You\u2019ll have extremely high speeds and you\u2019ll have this coverage, which is quite compelling for the airline customers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The jury is still out on whether LEO operators will revolutionize the IFC market. What is clear, however, is that demand for in-flight connectivity is continuously rising. The desire to be connected to the internet at all times was strong before the pandemic, and has only been amplified as people were forced to conduct large parts of their lives in a virtual, rather than a face-to-face environment.<\/p>\n<p>As OneWeb\u2019s Griffin puts it: \u201cAll I ever see in front of me is an increase in demand [for IFC] and not a massive increase in supply to match that, or certainly not a correlative increase in supply.\u201d  <\/p>\n<h3>GEO Operators Add MEO\/LEO Layers to Defend IFC Turf<\/h3>\n<p>Established GEO satellite-based in-flight connectivity providers might appear unconvinced that LEO upstarts pose a threat to their market share, but they are building up their armories in preparation for battle. Intelsat, Inmarsat, Viasat, and SES speak about a hybrid, multi-orbit future for IFC services.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2cfcb3;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6badf2cfcb3 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2cfcb4').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6badf2cfcb4'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look at LEOs as complementary to our GEO system, so we think a multi-orbit strategy is very smart,\u201d says Don Buchman, vice president and general manager of Viasat\u2019s Commercial Aviation division. Viasat has previously applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to transfer previously-gained approval for 20 MEO satellites to a constellation of 288 LEO satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Buchman says the LEO strategy is \u201cstill in the planning stages.\u201d If and when they do come on stream, Viasat\u2019s LEOs would serve as a \u201clow-latency overlay\u201d to its GEO network, he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Inmarsat, which provides airlines with a GEO satellite-based IFC service known as GX Aviation and an air-to-ground\/S-band solution branded as the European Aviation Network (EAN), last year revealed plans to launch its Orchestra network. This, it says, will bring together existing GEO satellites with LEO satellites and terrestrial 5G to form an integrated solution for mobility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur belief is [in] the hybrid network structure that we have with Orchestra, where you selectiv ely use [LEOs] where you need them to add specific capacity for specific applications,\u201d says Niels Steenstrup, senior vice president of In-Flight Connectivity at Inmarsat.<\/p>\n<p>Intelsat has \u201cfiled for bandwidth for a MEO network, which is something we\u2019re studying for the longer term [as] an additional layer we\u2019ll be adding,\u201d says Frederik van Essen, vice president business development and managing director, He adds: \u201cThe philosophy is to be multi-orbit, multi-band, and to provide people with the best experience by combining all those assets, using software-defined technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a January 2022 interview with<em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\"> Via Satellite<\/em>, SES CEO Steve Collar said he expects demand for IFC \u201cto outstrip supply in the next few years, which is a healthy situation\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile there is a lot of talk about the capability that will come in the future, very little of it is here today. The launch of SES-17 is timed well to intercept the recovery from COVID, and will be a key asset for our aviation business,\u201d Collar said. <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405367:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZDGiHUYmQDif5uoDgHs5_VS_060122_DGTL_Eva-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZDGiHUYmQDif5uoDgHs5_VS_060122_DGTL_Eva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZDGiHUYmQDif5uoDgHs5_VS_060122_DGTL_Eva-800x599.jpg 800w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1HiqNQj9SMuH1s9g3BA8_VS_060122_DGTL_Space-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1HiqNQj9SMuH1s9g3BA8_VS_060122_DGTL_Space-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1HiqNQj9SMuH1s9g3BA8_VS_060122_DGTL_Space-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1HiqNQj9SMuH1s9g3BA8_VS_060122_DGTL_Space.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tMarking a New Era of Human Voyages to Space<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405390:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nxLGdMQRnaWgnqUBxLbR_Solar_Power_Satellite_delivering_power_to_the_UK_DAYTIME_Frazer-Nash_Consultancy_2-300x242.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nxLGdMQRnaWgnqUBxLbR_Solar_Power_Satellite_delivering_power_to_the_UK_DAYTIME_Frazer-Nash_Consultancy_2-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nxLGdMQRnaWgnqUBxLbR_Solar_Power_Satellite_delivering_power_to_the_UK_DAYTIME_Frazer-Nash_Consultancy_2-800x645.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nxLGdMQRnaWgnqUBxLbR_Solar_Power_Satellite_delivering_power_to_the_UK_DAYTIME_Frazer-Nash_Consultancy_2-640x516.jpg 640w, 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