Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced yesterday that OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has ordered 10,000 Hughes LEO Terminals to enable networking services for enterprise and government customers.
Engineered and manufactured by Hughes, the terminals include the Hughes electronically steered antenna and compact indoor and outdoor equipment necessary to activate high-speed, low latency broadband service on the OneWeb constellation.
Hughes SVP John Corrigan said: “The ground-breaking Hughes LEO Terminal combines decades of engineering capability and intellectual property with our intimate understanding of the OneWeb system as their ground network technology partner. We are pleased that OneWeb has chosen to offer their customers this innovative, high performance solution for low-latency satellite service that can be employed for government and business applications as easily as plugging in two cables.”
Constructed with an aluminum chassis, Hughes says its LEO Terminal works right “out of the box,” with a compact indoor and outdoor unit self-pointing to the OneWeb constellation. The terminal is designed to be compact, easy to install, and make optimal use of the OneWeb system capabilities for low latency and speeds up to 195 Mbps down and 32 Mbps up. With prototypes available and testing already underway, Hughes will start production of the LEO terminals for OneWeb in the second half of 2023.
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