Nov. 5, 2021 Three technologies developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and partner organizations
Inmarsat will use the
Santander Teleport to host and maintain a new Satellite Access Station (SAS) for its new Inmarsat-6 satellites, the two companies announced July 28. The first of which is scheduled to launch before the end of this year.
The SAS will consist of a dedicated area for a 13-meter Ka-band antenna and a second L-band antenna, a dedicated technical area to support multiple racks of equipment, and expansion capabilities for future antennas and rack equipment. The antennas will start providing services via the L-band and Ka-band Global Xpress payloads of the I-6-F2 satellite after its launch in 2022. Santander Teleport will operate the facilities and provide engineering and maintenance services to ensure operation of the Inmarsat infrastructure hosted onsite and the services relying upon it.
Gilat’s Proven ESA Technology Successfully Demonstrated over Inmarsat’s Global Xpress
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Jan. 21, 2021 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announces the successful test of its Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) over Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) network. Gilat’s open-architecture proven ESA has been integrated with Inmarsat’s G-MODMAN solution.
For the first time, a live demonstration of an ESA terminal was performed on an Inmarsat operational GX satellite. The successful test was performed on Inmarsat-5 F1 satellite at 62.6 degrees East. Gilat’s self-pointing antenna logged-on automatically to the GX network, supporting bi-directional real-time communication in both fixed and dynamic antenna positioning modes. Beam steering under the changing elevation and skew angles was done while managing the power spectral density (PSD) threshold, in order to minimiz
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announces the successful test of its Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) over Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) network. Gilat’s open-architecture proven ESA has been integrated with Inmarsat’s G-MODMAN solution.
For the first time, a live demonstration of an ESA terminal was performed on an Inmarsat operational GX satellite. The successful test was performed on Inmarsat-5 F1 satellite at 62.6 degrees East. Gilat’s self-pointing antenna logged-on automatically to the GX network, supporting bi-directional real-time communication in both fixed and dynamic antenna positioning modes. Beam steering under the changing elevation and skew angles was done while managing the power spectral density (PSD) threshold, in order to minimize interference with neighboring satellites, in accordance to regulations.