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In the dynamic realm of modern warfare and strategic communications, possessing a military-grade family of tactical flyaway terminals (FoT) is paramount.
At the forefront of this military-grade product line is the AESA antenna, designed for highly dynamic/evolving scenarios. Tailored for highly portable communications requirements across LEO, MEO and GEO-HTS networks, this antenna features Active Electronically Steerable Array (AESA) technology.
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CPI’s 1.2m tactical flyaway terminal was conceived as an affordable solution to support prime satellite connectivity without compromising the features, components and quality of high-end flyaway terminal models.
Designed for worldwide transmit and receive across Ku-, Ka- and X-bands, and with its auto-acquire control system, it is a versatile solution for global communications. Its intelligent design allows for swift deployment in scenarios where time-sensitive connectivity can save lives.
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Engineered for peak performance at Ka- and Q/V-band frequencies, CPI’s new gateway terminals are custom-made to meet the high-volume demands of modern LEO and MEO satellite constellations.
Their intelligent design, which combines highly integrated CPI RF electronics and a software-guided commissioning and calibration routine, support their swift setup and operation, delivering an exceptional user experience.
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GaNLink SSPBs with digital interface offer multiple benefits, including secure links to the equipment, improved signal quality regardless of where equipment is located, seamless integration capabilities with latest software-defined modems.
These units also result in significant cost-savings by reducing coaxial/waveguide IF connections.
All these benefits increase the adaptability of ground station layouts, ensuring operators are able to meet their signal transmission and reception objectives.
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Introducing the Orbital Systems Installation Gallery:
Welcome to the CPI Antenna Technologies, Orbital Systems operations' installation gallery. Here you will find a small sampling of many installations of CPI Antenna Technologies, Orbital Systems' products and systems around the world; the installed base of hardware spans more than 50 countries worldwide. Many of these installations have been performed by the company's Certified Resellers and Systems Integrators. Learn more about Orbital Systems specialty antennas here.
The Space Systems Design Laboratory (SSDL) within the Georgia Institute of Technology Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering located in Atlanta, Georgia is one of the oldest and largest aerospace educational programs in the country. The Space Systems Design Lab is a research and educational organization dedicated to the design of new technologies in space systems used in planetary exploration.
Hampton University Center for Atmospheric Sciences (HU-CARE) installed a 2.4m earth observation satellite direct broadcast antenna system on top of the Hampton University Harbour Centre. This location was chosen to insure the antenna captures the satellite direct broadcast data without obstruction as the satellites pass overhead.
The Center for Atmospheric Sciences is making a positive impact on their community by providing real-time forecast and warnings of upcoming thunderstorms, tornados, hurricanes and other severe meteorological events.
A direct broadcast processing system for high-level data was also purchased with the antenna system and installed by Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Reseller Ossen, Inc. and systems integrator Soletop, Co. Ltd. installed a 2.4 m X-L-band EOS-DB reception antenna system for the Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Ministry of Science and Technology at Space Krenovation Park in Si Racha, Thailand. The installation also included a direct broadcast processing system for high-level data installed by Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of Wisconsin – Madison.
System integrator Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of Wisconsin – Madison delivered a turnkey 2.4m X-L-band EOS-DB reception antenna system at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (UPRM). The UPRM is a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant state university located in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The antenna will be used at the institution for studies, training and research in earth observation and meteorological data.
University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), The Earth Observation Research and Innovation Centre (EORIC) in Sunyani, Ghana, has installed a 2.4m X-L-band EOS-DB reception antenna system for the acquisition of satellite data and provide professional training programs used in the research of water, energy, climate and the environment.
The UENR workshops deliver valuable satellite data and applications, in-depth knowledge, practical skills, and hands-on experience for researchers, policy advisers, program planners and decision makers, both government and civil. The training and satellite data products are used to help evaluate and manage the impacts of health, disasters, ecosystems, agriculture, energy, biodiversity, climate and environment issues, particularly in Ghana and the West Africa sub-region.
Kongsberg Spacetec has installed a 3.7m telemetry S-band ground station antenna system in Vardo, Norway for Norwegian AIS satellites operated by Statsat AS for the Norwegian Coastal Administration.
System integrator Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) installed a 3.7m X-S-band TT&C ground station antenna at Troll Station in Antarctica, one of many antennas providing near-real-time data for their global ground station network. KSAT is a commercial company which provides ground station and earth observation services for polar orbiting satellites. TrollSat is located at 72° S 2° E.
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UoAF), Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) installed a 3.0m X-S-L-band EOS-DB antenna system at the Fairbanks Command & Data Acquisition Station (FCDAS). The antenna supports satellite missions such as SNPP, Terra, Aqua, POES, MetOp and DMSP. The antenna is used to generate and distribute a variety of satellite products in near-real time to the National Weather Service for use in making weather forecasts and warnings. The products are also archived for later access by a broad spectrum of users in Alaska and beyond. (Photo courtesy of UoAF/GINA)
Reseller Collected Localization Satellites (CLS), along with partner for operations, Centre National D’études Spatiales (CNES), support METEO Chile with the 2.4m X-L-band satellite antenna system used for direct broadcast acquisition, processing and distribution of near real-time satellite data products on Easter Island, a Chilean island territory in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world.
Collected Localization Satellites (CLS) installed an X-L-band 2.4m reception antenna system, helping to grow the Argos network providing near real-time satellite data services at Ariane Station on Ascension Island. Centre National D’études Spatiales (CNES) partners with CLS to provide operations support for this antenna system located in the southern hemisphere of the Central Equatorial Atlantic.
System integrator Collected Localization Satellites (CLS) and METEO France installed a 2.4m X-L-band EOS receiving station for direct broadcast acquisition, processing and distribution of near real-time satellite data products in tropical Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Skybox Imaging installed a network of TT&C communications antennas and servers in Fairbanks, Alaska to provide control of the Skybox Imaging + Google satellite constellation for mission critical needs, including scheduling, tasking, imaging and downlink for processing images and videos with easy-to-use applications.
Skybox installed a 2.4m S-X-band TT&C ground station antenna system in Tromsø, Norway, situated north of the Arctic Circle, for Kongsberg Satellite Services AS. This is one of many antenna systems providing near real-time data for KSAT.
Systems integrator Kongsberg Spacetec from Tromsø, Norway installed a 2.4m X-L-band EOS-DB reception system for METEO France in Lannion, France to collect data for advanced weather predictions. METEO France uses Spacetec’s advanced control and processing software, called MEOS, to manage this system.
Reseller VisionTech Inc (VTI) installed a 2.4m EOS-DB X-L-band reception antenna system for research at the University of Technology in Fukui-shi.
Systems Integrator Kongsberg Spacetec from Tromsø, Norway installed an X-L-band EOS-DB reception system for the Thai Meteorological Department of Bangkok, Thailand. It will be used to collect data for advanced weather predictions and environmental monitoring.
A 2.4m X-L-band EOS-DB reception system was installed for the East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. It is used to collect data for science and meteorological research.
Systems integrator CosmoExport Aerospace Research Agency of Moscow installed an X-L-band EOS-DB reception system in Jos, Nigeria at the National Centre for Remote Sensing (NCRS). The NCRS is a part of the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). The data from the ground station will be used to manage natural resources and to collect environmental data useful for applications such as crop yield prediction, optimizing commercial fishing and fire monitoring in Nigeria.
A 3.0m X-S-L-band telemetry antenna system was installed at Svalbard Satellite Station (SvalSat) near Longyearbyern in Svalbard, Norway for Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT), a commercial Norwegian company that provides satellite ground station and earth observation services. KSAT’s network, which includes many TT&C and EOS-DB antenna systems from Orbital Systems and supports more than 80 satellites, consists of more than 70 antennas positioned for access to polar and geostationary orbits.
Lockheed Martin has multiple installations of the 3.0m X-L-band EOS-DB reception antenna systems. The installation pictured here is located in Germany.
KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services AS) installed a 3.0m X-S-L-band antenna for high-reliability telemtry tracking at Tromsø Station, its headquarters. KSAT operates and controls all the antenna systems within their network from the Tromsø Network Operations Centre (TNOC). The X-S-L Band antenna, which is scheduled for more than 40 satellite tracking passes per day, is one of more than 60 satellite ground station antennas in KSAT’s network, providing satellite data reception, processing, distribution, analysis and archiving of near real-time data for their global client base. Tromsø is in far northern Norway inside the Arctic Circle and its weather conditions can be harsh; during installation there was freezing rain and snow each day, with no sun.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) installed an X-L-band EOS-DB reception station in Pretoria, South Africa for detection and monitoring of wildfires in the country. Wildfires can generate heavy smoke that can cause serious power outages due to arcing in nearby high-voltage distribution lines. CSIR provides guidance and planning information to firefighters that reduces smoke near high-voltage distribution lines and improves power quality in South Africa.
Certified reseller VisionTech Inc. of Japan installed three 2.4m X-L-band EOS-DB reception systems for Tokyo University of Information Science (TUIS) to collect MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) scientific data for environmental research. The first system installation, pictured, was on the university campus in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The second system was installed at Abashira in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, and the third system was installed on Miyako Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The array of three systems can collect data and produce high level products rapidly from the Arctic to south of the Equator, including all ocean and coastal areas surrounding Japan.
Honeywell International installed two S-L-band SARSAT antennas at the Toulouse Space Center of the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the French national space agency. Continuously tracking, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, these antennas are part of a COSPAS-SARSAT ground station listening to S-band MEO satellites used to locate the source of emergency beacons sent from ships and airplanes during an emergency.
Certified reseller Lexical Technology Pte, Ltd. of Singapore installed a 2.4m X-L-band EOS-DB reception antenna for the National Environmental Agency (NEA) of Singapore. NEA is associated with the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS). The antenna is located at the Changi Airport and is used for weather applications and for environmental monitoring. It is especially useful for detecting fires in the rainforests of nearby Sumatra, as smoke from such fires can cause acid rain and other environmental damage in Singapore. It is one of the very first 2.4AEHP antennas installed, and it has worked flawlessly since 2005. Lexical Technology controls the antenna and produces high-level data products with a custom software package that they developed originally for L-band systems.
A 2.4m X-L-band EOS-DB reception system was installed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 2005; the 2.4AEHP antenna positioner is serial #1. This earth observation satellite-direct broadcast (EOS-DB) reception system is the “reference” antenna used by NASA’s Direct Readout Laboratory (DRL) to collect MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data and for the development and support of the IPOPP high-level processing software used by many research installations.
The DRL facility is also responsible for the RTSTPS and Simulcast software which is part of the Orbital Systems EOS-FES used for framing and Reed Solomon processing of MODIS data and writing level 0 files. Simulcast keeps low-level snapshots of data collected and provides a real-time view during a satellite pass. Orbital Systems used the DRL facility to test the level 0 file integration of the EOS-FES with the IPOPP high-level software processing package developed by DRL.
The system at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center also has the Fiber Option for the 2.4AEHP, a single-mode fiber connection between the antenna and indoor equipment that carries both the RF data from the antenna and the control signals between the indoor antenna control software and the antenna positioner. Although the distance between these two points is only about 200m, a tall radio tower between these locations attracted lightning strikes that caused severe ground voltage surge, which often burned out control interfaces of earlier antennas and indoor equipment. Since the installation of the Fiber Option in 2005, there have been no further incidents.
