Monday, August 22, 2016

Russian planes provide internet by satellite – Lenta.ru

Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Satellite Communications Company” (RSCC) plans to provide internet access in the Russian aircraft with the help of his companions. This “News” said director general Yuri Prokhorov companies.

According to him, foreign competitors RSCC embody in life such systems, but the company wants to create its domestic development. A pilot project to equip the Russian aircraft is scheduled to launch the Internet in 2017.

The system will work as follows:. To set casing liner receiving antenna signal, which should not impair the streamlining of the aircraft. She catches the pulse of the satellite, which is then sent to the interior, where distributed as a conventional Wi-Fi.

At the moment satellite constellation RSCC consists of 13 units in the geostationary orbit, so provide a link they can virtually anywhere the globe.

Now the number of Russian and foreign airlines offer internet services on board during the flight. This service is free or costs from five to 30 dollars, depending on the volume of traffic.

State Duma Committee of Experts on air transport Roman Gusarov said “the National News Service” (NSN) that Russia is able to provide satellite Internet on board aircraft on their own. The specialist also said that he would not give such information “sensational value” as Wi-Fi in ships – not a novelty. “This is a normal process technologies and services development”, – summed Gusarov

In January, it was reported that “Aeroflot” took second place in the equipment of Wi-Fi on long-haul flights in the ranking compiled by US service Routehappy <.. / p>

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