COMSAT Teleports Wholly Owned Teleport Facilities Are Strategically Positioned to Provide Global Uplink and Baseband Co-Location Services

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COMSAT Teleports Wholly owned teleport facilities are strategically positioned to provide global uplink and baseband co-location services. Teleports

COMSAT’s wholly owned teleport facilities in the United States NOC Support and Terrestrial Network Connectivity and partner teleports in Europe and Southeast Asia are Services include: strategically positioned to provide global, secure uplink and Our Santa Paula, CA and Southbury, CT teleports provide • Uplinking and downlinking for government baseband co-location services to complement our space 24x7x365 Network and Service Monitoring and Support, and commercial customers segment offerings. COMSAT has been providing dynamic and Mission Support before, during and after deployment, and reliable network solutions for over 40 years. We support • Backup/Disaster recovery hosting End-to-End Problem Resolution including QoS Monitoring customers across a multitude of industries, including and EMI/RFI Detection and Mitigation. Our diverse NOC • Equipment Co-location Government, Maritime, Oil+Gas, Utilities, Video, and infrastructure allows us to provide these services from any Enterprise, and we have the flexibility to provide customized • Data Center / Cyber Security Solutions of our three NOCs located at the teleports in Santa Paula solutions to meet specific requirements. and Southbury and at COMSAT’s Headquarters in • Network Backup for Business Continuity Herndon, VA. NOC staff is supported by engineers and COMSAT owns and operates two commercial teleport facilities • On-site standalone network services technicians at the teleports and our Engineering COMSAT’s Network Operations Center is staffed 24/7/365 in the United States. Our Southbury teleport is located on the Team in Herndon. by a team of FCC licensed technicians. East Coast, about 60 miles north of New York City and our Santa Paula teleport is located 90 miles north of Los Angeles on the West Coast. Each teleport has operated COMSAT’s teleports are connected by redundant and diverse fiber to multiple international carriers. Last mile continuously since 1976. Both facilities provide secure equipment collocation, uplink services for government and connectivity is provided by multi-fiber cable through geographically diverse city offices. COMSAT has POPs at commercial satellite services, and Inmarsat mobile satellite services. Our teleports are provisioned with numerous Carrier Hotels in the USA to provide an easy meet-me-point to support a multitude of terrestrial traffic state-of-the art fire suppression systems, fully redundant power and environmental systems and diverse fiber requirements. terrestrial connectivity.

Both COMSAT teleports operate in accordance with the U.S. National Industrial Security Program (NISP). The SD Data Center security of the teleport is administered by an on-site Facility Security Officer (FSO). The entire perimeters of both teleports are protected by fencing with exterior lighting. Each facility is equipped with intrusion detection systems In addition to growing the teleports’ capabilities through technological advancements, COMSAT is now a part of as well as High Definition Video Surveillance Systems and Access Control Systems designed to control movement the Satcom Direct (SD) family of companies, which further expands its teleport offerings. COMSAT, with the through the entire grounds and buildings to ensure the safekeeping of the personnel and equipment contained SD Data Center provides secure, comprehensive, integrated connectivity solutions to help organizations stay within. connected, no matter the environment or circumstances. COMSAT’s teleports, a critical component in this process, have evolved to keep pace with changing communications needs in any situation. COMSAT’s most valuable asset is its personnel. COMSAT employs full time engineers and technicians on staff at each of the teleports to maintain the antenna systems, power systems, environmental systems, terrestrial systems, The SD Data Center, wholly owned by SD, brings facilities and all of the additional equipment supporting the infrastructure according to a preventative maintenance enterprise-level cybersecurity capabilities to data schedule using on-site spares and contract labor if and when necessary. Eighty five percent of COMSAT’s teleport transmissions in the air, on the ground and over water. technicians are veterans, and each has passed and is required to maintain in good standing an FCC General The SD Data Center also provides industry compliant Radio Operators License. Aside from routine Radio Frequency (RF) and Information Technology (IT) training, data center solutions, and business continuity planning all technicians receive annual training and certification in: First Aid / CPR / Defibrillator, Fire Extinguisher and for numerous industries including healthcare, education, Suppression Systems, (ESD) Electrostatic Sensitive Devices, and Security Awareness training (National Industrial finance, military, government and technology. Security Program-NISP).

SD Data Center is located in Melbourne, FL. Teleport Locations

Southbury, Connecticut Teleport Santa Paula, California Teleport Located 60 miles north of New York City Located 90 miles north of Los Angeles 24/7 manned operations 24/7 manned operations View Arc: 1W to 144W View Arc: 50W to 169W