General Info

Satcom Direct is a privately held company founded in 1997, headquartered in Satellite Beach, Florida. The company provides global satellite communications to business aviation, military aviation - including Heads of State, NATO and DOD - general aviation, land mobile and maritime customers. The company also provides land mobile and handheld satellite equipment to emergency response and media outlets as well as recreational users travelling to remote locations with limited cellular and data network coverage. Satcom Direct pioneered 10-digit dialing service to aircraft in flight, known as their Global One Number service. This technology allows callers on the ground to reach any handset onboard an aircraft in flight by dialing a single telephone number no matter where the aircraft is located. Today, the company provides nose to tail value-add services to their aviation customers, including cockpit datalink service, accelerated high-speed data, real-time traffic monitoring, VoIP services, ATS position reporting and unified electronic billing. Training classes and technology seminars are available to customers who want to understand the Inmarsat and Iridium networks, hardware configuration, and troubleshooting techniques. The company is a premier Inmarsat Distribution Partner and Iridium Service Partner, supporting more than ninety percent of all corporate flight departments. With a dedicated in-house software engineering team, the company is able to design new technologies. Testing is carried out onsite in the company's satcom lab using the same equipment installed on most business aviation aircraft. Satcom Direct offers Inmarsat and classic aeronautical services including, and