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Marlink commissions Iridium GMDSS upgrade on Fugro vessel as Viasat orders multi-link Hydra MAX terminals

Marlink says it has completed the first upgrade of an existing Intellian C700 Iridium Certus terminal to a commissioned Iridium GMDSS system, aboard offshore supply ship Fugro Revelation. Separately, Viasat ordered multiple All.Space Hydra MAX terminals, approved for its global NextGen Ka-band network, including Mil Ka-band, and designed to use multiple satellite links simultaneously.

Discovered 2026-10-13T08:05:46.422168-07:00 | 2026-10-13T08:05:46.422168-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

Marlink’s retrofit brings an existing Certus terminal into service as an Iridium GMDSS system aboard Fugro Revelation, demonstrating a path to upgrading installed shipboard satcom equipment for maritime safety communications.
Viasat’s Hydra MAX order adds terminals designed to transmit over multiple satellite links at once; their approval for the company’s global NextGen Ka-band network, including Mil Ka-band, broadens the terminal’s supported use cases.

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