The trial was carried out in partnership with Indian telecom provider BSNL and is the first of its kind in India.
ViaSat
Only around 10% of the Earth’s surface has access to terrestrial connectivity services, leading to an opportunity for satellite IoT communications.
Viasat will be working under its Elevate programme to provide cybersecurity tools for satellite communications.
Pulsar joins other leading connectivity firms' part of the Elevate programme including Telespazio, Grupo Tesacom, Global Beam, IEC Telecom and more.
Viasat’s current CFO Shawn Duffy will remain with the company as its chief accounting officer.
The satellite antenna had an anomaly with its antenna deployment that caused the satellite to deliver around 10% of its expected capacity.
The terminals will be designed for a range of mission aircraft, rotary wing and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs).
