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What is VSAT?

VSAT is satellite connectivity using a small dish — how ships, offshore platforms and desert sites in the UAE get internet and VPN when fibre cannot.

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Quick answer

A VSAT terminal points a compact antenna at a geostationary (or LEO) satellite to carry internet, voice and VPN. Mignet’s maritime VSAT practice outfits vessels and remote compounds with the right antenna, modem, failover and firewall.

Key takeaways

Primary or failover next to LTE/fibre
Stabilised maritime antennas for vessels
Firewall and content filter on the far side
Mignet supplies, installs and supports VSAT in the UAE

What VSAT stands for

In full: Very Small Aperture Terminal.

Where VSAT wins in the Emirates

Oil & gas islands, Fujairah anchorage, desert camps and construction plots waiting on fibre. Crew welfare and OT telemetry both ride the same link if you design QoS properly.

How Mignet uses this

Ask for a maritime VSAT survey — we size the terminal to your vessel class and operating area, then fold monitoring into your AMC.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Starlink a replacement for VSAT?

LEO services are excellent where licensed and unobstructed; regulated maritime and oil-and-gas often still specify traditional VSAT with contracted SLAs. We design hybrid failover.

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