TransMedics Selects Gogo Galileo HDX Connectivity for Its 22-Aircraft Organ Transport Fleet
Why It MattersConnectivity is becoming operating equipment for specialised missions such as organ transport, widening business aviation's use of low Earth orbit systems beyond executive cabins.
TransMedics, a provider of organ transplantation technology, services and logistics, has selected Gogo Galileo to equip its fleet of 22 Embraer Phenom 300E aircraft operating across the United States. The aircraft transport donor organs for transplantation. During each mission, organs are continuously monitored in flight with TransMedics' Organ Care System (OCS), which makes reliable, high-speed inflight connectivity essential to the company's operations.
The Gogo Galileo HDX is now being installed on all TransMedics aircraft, and the full fleet is expected to be equipped by 2027. The system runs on Eutelsat OneWeb's low Earth orbit (LEO) network and provides global, high-speed, low-latency connectivity for business aviation. Its electronically steered antenna (ESA) is compact, lightweight and low-power, and can support multiple simultaneous applications, including cloud-based monitoring, video communications and operational data exchange.
Gogo Chief Executive Officer Chris Moore said business aviation enables critical missions beyond executive travel, and that for donor organ transport connectivity is part of the mission rather than a convenience. He said Galileo will give flight crews and medical teams resilient, high-performance connectivity while keeping their data secure.
