Manoj Datt presented on the Sky X technology for improving performance over satellite links. The Sky X system uses Xpress Transport Protocol (XTP) and a Sky X Gateway to optimize data transfer speeds over satellites. TCP is not well suited for satellite conditions that involve long delays and high bit errors. The Sky X Gateway replaces TCP with XTP for the satellite hop and back to TCP on the ground, improving speeds by 3-10x without any changes needed to end devices and applications. This Sky X architecture provides fully reliable, fast transmissions over satellites.