Atlas Air Service is set to become the first European maintenance organization to obtain a supplemental type certificate (STC) for the installation of the Gogo Galileo HDX satcom system on a business aircraft. In collaboration with Gogo Business Aviation, FTI Engineering Network, and Aviation Services Reinhard, Atlas completed the installation of the low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite terminal on an Embraer Phenom 300 and is awaiting EASA STC approval.
The system provides high-speed airborne connectivity, delivering speeds of 45 to 60 Mbps via the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO satellite network. The antenna and system installation was carried out at the Atlas Air Service center in Bremen, Germany.
Radu Grigore, maintenance commercial director at Atlas, tested the system in the Phenom and confirmed its performance, noting that the Galileo satcom supports multiple 4K video streams simultaneously. “The system offers exactly what was expected: high speed and low latency,” he said.
Atlas is also developing STCs for the Cessna Citation CJ series, with the first installation planned this month. From the second quarter, Atlas will be the first service center in Europe to offer installation of Gogo Galileo hardware for both the Citation CJs and Phenom 300s. The system can be installed at Atlas Air Service locations in Bremen and Augsburg, as well as in Altenrhein, Switzerland.