Inmarsat Grants Type Approval for Skyware Atom 99 Global Xpress Terminal

Inmarsat Global Xpress network, rendering. Photo: Inmarsat

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Inmarsat has granted full type approval for Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal, for use over its high-speed broadband service, Global Xpress (GX). Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal will enable media and broadcasters to take the new lightweight, portable receiver dish to where the news is happening anywhere in the world, providing high quality live broadcast capabilities in even the most inaccessible regions.

The terminal, manufactured by Skyware Technologies, features a receiver dish measuring 99 cm in diameter, making it the most-powerful portable GX terminal for the enterprise market to date.

“[The Atom 99] uses the same Ka-band transceiver designed and manufactured by Skyware Technologies as our two existing ‘flyaways’ — the Atom 65 and Atom 65 Auto Acquire — and benefits from all the advantages of being fanless and highly integrated for greater efficiency and ease of deployment and use,” said Oliver Kroner, CEO, Skyware Technologies.