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News Release from: Starling Advanced Communication | Subject: MiniMijet
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 November 2005
Antenna accelerates airborne Internet
The MiniMijet is billed as the world's fastest low profile, fuselage mounted antenna for all business jets.
Starling Advanced Communication, provider of innovative low profile two-way Ku band antenna systems for aircraft, announces MiniMijet - the world's fastest low profile, fuselage mounted antenna for all business jets The revolutionary new antenna sets the highest bit rate performance levels for two way Ku band-based connectivity, opening new horizons for broadband in-flight applications, such as the Internet, VPN, PDA,VoIP, e-mail, mobile phones, video conferencing, instant messaging and various entertainment applications such as video-on-demand, live TV, online gaming and multimedia applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Powered by a new technology, the MiniMijet is an ultra-small (diameter 400mm, height 100mm), bidirectional airborne Ku-band antenna.
It is suitable for business jets, ranging from four-seaters to large VIP jets.
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Despite its compact size the MiniMijet sets the highest level of performance and bit rate for business jets: transmission bitrate of up to 512Kbit/s and reception bitrate from 4 to 7Mbit/s "Today, owners of business jet aircraft, including leasing companies and fractional ownership operators, as well as service providers, are looking for new in-flight bidirectional personal communications", said Micha Lawrence, Founder and CEO of Starling.
"They face the critical need to be connected with the same devices, at the same service level as on the ground, within reasonable pricing".
"Starling's goal is to enable them to meet this need, including compliance with the global satcom frequency allocation requirements".
"Starling is committed to providing the industry's most advanced capabilities at an affordable cost, deploying its technical expertise in the development of cost-effective, high-quality airborne antennas for in-flight entertainment and personal communications", said Lawrence.
MiniMijet extends Starling's Mijet line of antenna systems to a broader user base.
The Mijet Ku-band antenna system is suited to all commercial aircraft, including narrow body models, enabling airlines to offer travelers virtually any advanced application.
With the announcement of the MiniMijet antenna, the Mijet line broadens its offering to the business aircraft market - owners, leasing companies and fractional ownership operators - who are looking for superior performance, ease of installation and maintenance and powerful functionality.
With MiniMijet, customers will have superior airborne two-way antenna that meets their needs in the most efficient and economical manner.
MiniMijet will enable service providers to utilise global frequencies with the fastest bit rates, offering comprehensive, full-featured in-flight entertainment and connectivity packages to the growing business jet market.
The Mijet antenna family is based on Starling's patent-pending CoMPA (coherent multipanel antenna) technology which enables data transmission and reception at true broadband bit rates via an extremely low profile antenna.
CoMPA combines transmission/reception capabilities with advanced signal processing, making it possible to build exceptionally small, low profile antennas that are suitable for the full range of mobile platforms.
All electronic units are housed inside the antenna.
CoMPA supports varied elevation angles - enabling consistent global coverage, including over transatlantic and equatorial routes.
The Mijet antenna has already been tested under severe conditions and on-ground simulations.
Flight tests are scheduled for Q2 2006 and the antenna will be commercially available in the fourth quarter of 2006.
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