GATR Technologies and Intelsat have demonstrated a high-speed satellite link.
The demonstration involved a 26-megabits per second (mbps) downlink and a 10-plus mbps uplink carrying multiple data streams, according to a news release by Cubic Technologies, which owns GATR.
The demonstration occurred during performance testing of GATR’s prototype GATR-FLEX sub-meter Ku-band, ultra-portable terminal.
The tests involved the “the open architecture, high-performance Intelsat EpicNG satellite IS-29e, GATR-FLEX antenna and GATR’s e850 ruggedized iDirect satellite modem, which maximized the throughput of the iDirect Evolution series modems.” Cubic said. “The tests measured throughput while taxing a single satellite link with data, voice and high-definition (HD) streaming video, which is normally done by two separate terminals over separate networks.”
