Gilat says it has shipped hundreds of its Stellar Blu ‘Sidewinder’ multi‑orbit ESAs to date, logging roughly 300,000 flight hours as airlines accelerate rollouts of multi‑orbit in‑flight connectivity. The company is ramping ESA production capacity to meet growing customer demand.
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Gilat has shipped “hundreds” of Stellar Blu ‘Sidewinder’ multi‑orbit ESAs and reports about 300,000 flight hours of operational use, indicating field maturity and supplier momentum; this follows a recent $42M order for Gilat’s SkyEdge IV ground platform (supporting multi‑orbit services) (https://hype.aero/?story=ad027bef-6497-4ed7-a50b-ab08c9838e87).
Airlines are actively rolling out multi‑orbit in‑flight connectivity, increasing demand for both airborne terminals and ground infrastructure — a trend visible in fleet retrofit programmes such as efforts to install Starlink across commercial fleets and ongoing STC activity for LEO/GEO terminals (https://hype.aero/?story=634cf91b-10aa-4be2-b0a-5ed9c6d06ff0).
Gilat’s announced capacity ramp to support customers comes as the market’s multi‑orbit landscape shifts through consolidation and integrated operator strategies, including SES’s post‑Intelsat plans to expand direct inflight connectivity (https://hype.aero/?story=f04ed957-71c2-4f47-909b-72528af6c88d).
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