Archive for the ‘Satellite Installations’ Category

Robert Gottliebsen, Management Insights

Our Management Insights interview with the chief operating officer of NewSat, Michael Hewins, is an inspiration to all those who believe small companies can succeed in the current environment if they have the right technology.

Incredible as it may seem, the low-cap Australian-listed NewSat provides the satellite communications for the US land forces in Afghanistan.

The Australian army believes that it is better to use satellites linked to China for its Afghanistan military satellite communications.

NewSat operates satellite teleports out of Adelaide and Perth and its services have been so successful in coordinating the US Afghanistan land forces that the US military wants NewSat to go the next step and extend its satellite operation from simply operating satellite communication to owning a satellite or satellites.

Remember this is a company whose shares are at 0.7 cents and has a tiny capitalisation, although it is profitable. But with the right technology, and the US military behind you, anything is possible.

And that’s why American satellite expert Michael Hewins has come to Australia to join NewSat chief executive Adrian Ballintine – to give NewSat the management clout to take the next step.

Satellite spots are not easy to obtain and NewSat has bought seven of them.

Read the rest of this entry »

Space may still be the final frontier but technology is making the earth and its environments seem that much smaller.

One Australian company is already winning world recognition for its space communication facilities. Now it’s going where no other Australian company has gone before and sending its own satellite into space.
Visit www.garrysholl.com or www.fixtel.com.au

COPYRIGHT BY: ABC.NET.AU

Watch this short video for an introduction to NewSat’s Network Operations Centre. Find out what a NOC is, the hardware and systems that are housed in NewSat’s NOC’s and the training NewSat’s engineers provide customers.

Watch this short video for an introduction to a Mobile Vehicle Satellite System. Find out how a MVS works, which customers MVS is ideal for and the benefits of a MVS system.

Watch this short video for an introduction to Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) What SCPC is, how SCPC works and the benefits of using SCPC to deliver dedicated, secure satellite communications.