SES, Gilat Partner on Maritime Connectivity Offering for Small Ships

SES and Gilat jointly will offer a maritime connectivity platform for small ships as part of SES' Maritime+ service introduced in 2016. In a news release Wednesday, the two said the service's commercial launch will be in April and it uses Gilat's MarineRay 60P Ku-band maritime very small aperture terminal antenna package with SES’ satellite capacity. They said the service will be available first to small yachts and vessels in the Caribbean, followed by the Mediterranean, North Sea and waters throughout Southeast Asia.