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Gogo connects business aircraft to the internet and provides voice and data communications using ground-based radio networks and partner-owned satellites. Aircraft owners and operators pay subscription and usage fees, generally through monthly plans priced per aircraft. These services generate most of its revenue, with business aviation contributing much more than military/government customers. Equipment sales are a smaller source of revenue, mainly through aircraft manufacturers and independent dealers that supply equipment for existing aircraft.
Its satellite offerings include Gogo Galileo, which uses Eutelsat OneWeb’s low-Earth-orbit network. Gogo depends on continued access to these outside networks to deliver satellite services, and on customers keeping their connectivity subscriptions. It also supplies military and government customers with satellite voice, data and video communications on land, at sea and in the air; those contracts depend on government funding.
Aircraft equipment installations require aviation approvals, generally obtained by manufacturers and dealers with Gogo’s support. Its U.S. air-to-ground service also requires FCC spectrum licenses and compliance with their conditions. These approvals and spectrum rights determine where and how Gogo can install equipment and operate its services.
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Gogo’s satellite expansion depends on Eutelsat OneWeb and SES network capacity, while SpaceX is an important connectivity rival missing from this list.
Viasat both supplies satellite network services to Gogo and competes for aviation and government customers buying connectivity. Its aviation service offerings and satellite coverage matter to Gogo as both a network buyer and a rival.
Gogo relies on Iridium’s global satellite voice and data network to deliver narrowband services to aircraft customers. Iridium’s network coverage, including the polar regions, matters to where Gogo can provide those services.
Gogo depends on EchoStar’s Hughes subsidiary for Galileo antennas, with substantial multiyear purchase commitments. Hughes also competes with Gogo to provide satellite communications to government customers.
Gogo depends on Gilat for satellite connectivity hardware, with a two-year commitment to buy a full-duplex antenna and modem for approximately $21 million in aggregate. The antenna could work on a low-Earth-orbit network such as Galileo, making this equipment supply relevant to Gogo’s satellite rollout.
Honeywell’s aerospace business competes with Gogo for connectivity spending by business aviation and military/government customers. Watch its connectivity offerings for those customers rather than Honeywell’s company-wide sales, which also include industrial, building and energy businesses.
General Dynamics’ Gulfstream builds business jets that use Gogo equipment, linking aircraft purchases and outfitting spending to Gogo’s aviation sales. Gulfstream aircraft deliveries are the part to watch for demand for Gogo equipment installed on new jets.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
Gogo sells connectivity services and equipment to business and military/government aviation customers, while the Fed’s policy rate influences borrowing costs that can raise its debt-service expense and reduce cash available for the business.
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If it comes in above expectations
Higher rates across the economy could raise interest costs on Gogo’s variable-rate debt and make new borrowing more expensive, leaving less cash for connectivity services, equipment and network investment.
If it comes in below expectations
Lower rates across the economy could ease interest costs on Gogo’s variable-rate debt and reduce the cost of new borrowing, leaving more cash available for connectivity services, equipment and network investment.
General Dynamics Corporation earningsGD
General Dynamics' Gulfstream deliveries show whether new business jets are expanding or shrinking the pool of potential Gogo equipment installations.
Read Gulfstream deliveries alongside Gogo's equipment sales. More deliveries create more new aircraft that could be fitted with Gogo equipment, but do not mean every jet will use it. Fewer deliveries mean a weaker pool of potential new-aircraft installations, leaving Gogo's equipment sales more reliant on aftermarket demand or other customers.
Gogo Inc. earningsThis company
Gogo's report shows whether its Galileo satellite service and ATG network are turning more connected aircraft into recurring service revenue.
Read the number of Galileo and ATG aircraft online alongside service revenue from satellite broadband and ATG; equipment sales are separate, and more shipments alone do not prove ongoing service use. More Galileo aircraft online and stronger satellite broadband service revenue, with the ATG base holding steady, would show the newer network is adding recurring business. If aircraft additions are limited and service revenue does not improve, the investment has yet to produce sustained use and Gogo remains more reliant on its existing network.
EchoStar Corporation earningsECHO
EchoStar's report can show whether its Hughes business is producing and delivering the antennas Gogo depends on for Galileo.
Look for Hughes-specific updates on antenna production, deliveries or supply constraints; EchoStar's company-wide results are not a measure of Gogo's supply. Reliable Hughes supply would help Gogo equip aircraft for Galileo. Production or delivery problems would make Gogo's satellite rollout more vulnerable to equipment bottlenecks.
Viasat Inc earningsVSAT
Viasat's report shows whether its aviation connectivity business is gaining or losing ground with the aviation and government customers Gogo also serves.
Focus on Viasat's aviation connectivity business, not its company-wide results, and read any relevant coverage updates alongside it. Stronger aviation activity with supporting satellite coverage would suggest Viasat is better placed to compete for customers Gogo also serves. Weaker aviation activity would point to a less forceful rival, but would not prove Gogo is winning those customers.
