A method of load balancing satellite data connections among a group of in-flight aircraft, the method comprising: obtaining geographic position data of a plurality of in-flight aircraft, each of which includes a respective modem to connect to a respective selected satellite beam of a plurality of satellite beams according to respective satellite map parameters included in a respective on-board satellite map program, each satellite beam of the plurality of satellite beams configured to provide wireless data connections; obtaining, at an in-flight connectivity network ground station, a respective wireless data connection load status of each satellite beam included in the plurality of satellite beams; determining whether one or more of the plurality of satellite beams satisfies a wireless data connection saturation condition; and based on the determining operation and the geographic position data of the plurality of aircraft: selecting one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft; for each of the selected one or more in-flight aircraft, determining a respective one or more adjustments to the respective satellite map parameters corresponding to the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft and generating, based on the respective one or more adjustments, respective load balanced satellite map parameters, the respective load balanced satellite map parameters being different from the respective satellite map parameters of the respective on-board satellite map program of the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft; and transmitting, by the in-flight connectivity network ground station, the respective load balanced satellite map parameters to the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft. obtaining geographic position data of a plurality of in-flight aircraft, each of which includes a respective modem to connect to a respective selected satellite beam of a plurality of satellite beams according to respective satellite map parameters included in a respective on-board satellite map program, each satellite beam of the plurality of satellite beams configured to provide wireless data connections; obtaining, at an in-flight connectivity network ground station, a respective wireless data connection load status of each satellite beam included in the plurality of satellite beams; determining whether one or more of the plurality of satellite beams satisfies a wireless data connection saturation condition; and based on the determining operation and the geographic position data of the plurality of aircraft: selecting one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft; for each of the selected one or more in-flight aircraft, determining a respective one or more adjustments to the respective satellite map parameters corresponding to the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft and generating, based on the respective one or more adjustments, respective load balanced satellite map parameters, the respective load balanced satellite map parameters being different from the respective satellite map parameters of the respective on-board satellite map program of the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft; and transmitting, by the in-flight connectivity network ground station, the respective load balanced satellite map parameters to the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft. selecting one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft; for each of the selected one or more in-flight aircraft, determining a respective one or more adjustments to the respective satellite map parameters corresponding to the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft and generating, based on the respective one or more adjustments, respective load balanced satellite map parameters, the respective load balanced satellite map parameters being different from the respective satellite map parameters of the respective on-board satellite map program of the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft; and transmitting, by the in-flight connectivity network ground station, the respective load balanced satellite map parameters to the each selected one or more in-flight aircraft of the plurality of in-flight aircraft.