SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY

Two satellites that enables students to have an Internet-like online line experience, located anywhere within the geographic coverage area of the satellite, without they actually being on the Internet, on 3 continents. This alleviates the barrier for students where the Internet is not available, poor quality, or too costly.

There are many satellites to choose from that serve different regions of the world, and offered by some great satellite operators. After careful review, the current satellite operator to work with is Eutelsat S.A.

However, of the main reasons for selecting Eutelsat S.A. is because in both of the geographic areas as highlighted below, Eutelsat S.A. also operates 2-way satellite offerings, those being IoT Connect (KU band) in the Americas, and Konnect (KA band) in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Eutelsat S.A. is a European satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, and it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues.