SIDEWINDER Terminal

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sidewinder
Sidewinder

Redefines the
boundaries of price
and performance

The SIDEWINDER electronically steered antenna (ESA) utilizes Ball Aerospace’s modular, scalable subarrays. ESAs are essential to enable the performance and cost advantages of LEO networks and multi-orbit strategies.

SIDEWINDER will assure operators a purpose built aviation solution capable of meeting the diverse airline use cases, reliability, and maintainability necessary for a gate to gate experience. Please refer to our Partners page for more details.

Product Features

SIDEWINDER terminal provides extreme reliability through solid state design, high fuel effeciency thanks to low profile, and minimal maintenance. It results in 80% less OPEX.
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Result of 3 years of advanced R&D
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Utilizes electronically steered antena “ESA” technology developed by Ball Aerospace
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50% lower CAPEXthan legacy systems
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Extreme reliablity (solid state design)
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Low-profile radome provides significant improvement in drag effeciency and fuel burn
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Supports service above 190Mbps downlink and 40Mbps uplink with truly global coverage
Sidewinder

SIDEWINDER
is available in multiple configurations

Small form factor “LEO only”
Version optimized for low orbith (LEO) networks offers the lowest profile to realize breakthrough performance on LEO networks.
Multi-network
Extended version to support multi-orbit constellations including various LEO and GEO networks.
OEM (ARINC 792)
Supports Boeing and Airbus linefit requirements.

STELLAR BLU provides full instalation kits and STCs, installs can be performed on-site or supported at many global MROs.

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