Newsletter 11 February 2016 This Issue

ISSUE Kongsberg Spacetec AS www.spacetec.no NewsLetter 11 February 2016 this issue

Sentinel 1A CollGS to FMI P. 1

MEOS™ 5 m antenna MANUFACTURER AND GLOBAL EXPORTER OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY to KSAT in Fairbanks Alaska P. 2

MEOS™ 3.8 m antenna and Events 2016 MEOS™ Polar system to KWater P. 3

Framecontract with NSPO, Taiwan 16-20 May 2016 MEOS™ 3.8m antenna and SpaceOps 2016 METEOROLOGY CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT MONITORING SURVEILLANCE CAPTURE HRDFEP to Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) P. 4 Daejon, Korea WORLD CLASS - through people, technology and dedication www.spacetec.no http://www.spaceops2016.org/

21-24 June 2016 Sentinel-1A MEOS™ CollGS system delivered to NASA Direct readout conference, Finnish Meteorological Institute Valladolid, Spain http://directreadout.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Kongsberg Spacetec (KSPT) completed the On-Site The MEOS™ NRTSAR processor does processing in Acceptance Testing and delivery of the integrated parallel with reception, which allows service delivery 6 - 11 August 2016 Sentinel-1A (S-1A) MEOS™ Collaborative Ground to start while data is received from the satellite. Small Satellites - Segment (CollGS) reception and processing system The MEOS™ NRTSAR processor can also be included Pioneering an Industry on 11th November 2015, as a part of the contract in the MEOS™ CollGS system, giving the user the Logan, UT, USA between Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and possibility to provide services from synthetic aperture http://www.smallsat.org/ Kongsberg Spacetec. radar data close to real time.

26-30 September 2016 The system will do data reception and processing at Information about ESA Sentinel Collaborative Ground Segment: EUMETSAT Meteorological the FMI Sodankylä ground station and process the http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/ Copernicus/Sentinel_Collaborative_Ground_Segment Satellite Conference S-1A C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to Darmstadt, Germany Level 0 and Level 1 (Level 2). http://www.eumetsat.int/website/ More than one ESA IPF may also be integrated into the home/News/ConferencesandEvents/ MEOS™ CollGS system to increase the processing speed. Kongsberg Spacetec has developed the MEOS™ KSPT is now under contract with Kongsberg Satellite DAT_2833302.html Services (KSAT) to increase the processing speed of the CollGS system for processing Sentinel Data, KSAT delivered MEOS™ CollGS system by increasing the including the MEOS™ Sentinel-1A Level 0 processor. number of ESA IPFs (by parallel processing) and to establish 27 - 29 September 2016 Level 0 slice mode processing and Level 1 stitching. The Sentinel-1A Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) Meteorological from the European Space Agency (ESA) is seamlessly Technology World expo integrated in the MEOS™ CollGS system, where it is Madrid, Spain http://www.meteorologicaltechnology- working together with the MEOS™ Sentinel-1A worldexpo.com/ Level 0 processor.

The ESA IPF is a Sentinel-1A Sentinel-1A Stripmap (SM) mode Ground Range Detected (GRD) VV+VH For meeting and appointments processor related to the one dual polarization image December 31st during the events, e-mail us on in use at the Sentinel-1A 2014 00:26:15 (datatakeId 19502). [email protected] core ground segments, and it is available from ESA for Sentinel-1A Extra Wide (EW) swath mode ™ all national collaborative MEOS is a registered trademark of Single Look Complex (SLC) HH+HV dual Kongsberg Spacetec AS, in Norway ground stations within the polarization image December 30th 2014 and other countries. European Union or ESA 23:05:04 (datatakeId 19495). member states.

The full MEOS™ CollGS system is a compact, yet powerful, ground station solution for Sentinel-1, upgradable to include reception of other Sentinel satellites in the near future. © FMI MEOS™ CollGS system developed and delivered by Kongsberg Spacetec, using data collected from the ESA Scientific Data Hub (scihub). EXTREME PERFORMANCE FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS

MEOS™ HRDFEP MEOS™ 5 m antenna for Kongsberg Satellite Services modems to exactEarth installed in Alaska Kongsberg Spacetec AS has delivered four modems to Kongsberg Spacetec has signed a contract with exactEarth. The modems are Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) for delivery of type MEOS™ CAPTURE of three MEOS™ antennas for tracking of polar HRDFEP and will be deployed at orbiting satellites. the exactEarth AIS satellite ground stations. They will receive data The antennas are delivered with 5 m reflector from the exactEarth AIS satellites and automatically distribute the and radomes. They will be installed in Alaska, data for processing into AIS South America and Antarctica. The first 5 m information. MEOS™ antenna was successfully installed in Alaska in November 2015. Through such research and development activities at The MEOS™ antenna is designed and exactEarth, AIS signals can now be detected by a satellite in a low manufactured by Kongsberg for customers earth orbit and provide a global that request a feasible antenna with minimum capability for monitoring all AIS- maintenance needs. The antenna is intended for equipped vessels using a satellite remote sensing satellite terminals that receive constellation and an extensive payload data in X-band and optionally in network of ground stations. L-band.

Satellite AIS is a relatively new technology that has changed the landscape for monitoring the maritime domain. Improving upon existing technology already deployed aboard most large vessels across the globe, Satellite AIS is truly revolutionary in providing a complete and global picture of the world’s shipping.

© exactEarth - The EV1 Satellite Kongsberg Satellite Services - KSAT is a world leading For satellite owners, KSAT provides unique pole-to-pole provider of ground station services for polar orbiting coverage, including the largest ground station in the satellites from our uniquely located global ground world at Svalbard – the only commercial ground station network, and provides advanced monitoring services in the world able to provide all-orbit-support (14 passes with rapid delivery based on multiple satellite missions. per day).

http://www. ksat.no EXTREME PERFORMANCE FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS

MEOS™ 2,4 m antenna and MEOS™ Polar system to K-Water - The Korea Water Resources Corporation The Korea Water Resources Corporation Since its establishment in 1967, Kongsberg Spacetec signed a contract with the K-water has been implementing Korean company InSpace Co. Ltd. to provide our national water resources management policies regarding ™ MEOS Polar system to K-water - multi purpose dams, water supply The Korea Water Resources Corporation. dams and regional water supply systems. It is also making a great contribution toward the The system was successfully installed in Daejon, development of the national South Korea, September 2015. economy and improving the quality of life for local people.

The delivered system is based on a 2.4 m X- and • In commemoration of the 40th L-band antenna for satellite tracking and data anniversary of its foundation, reception working as front end for MEOS™ Polar K-water has launched the strategic mission: Water for data acquisition and processing system for NPP the Happier World and it and Terra and Aqua, both basic and advanced is pursuing innovation and packages up to level 2 . change, in order to become the “Best Water Partner” in the world. Our visualisation tool Vimsat was also included. The MEOS™ Vimsat tools run on a separate • With basin management, integration, specialization workstation to prevent interference with the and automation, K-water is production line. making efforts to provide a safe water supply for people so that all may enjoy the benefits of clean water.

http://english.kwater.or.kr/eng/main. do

InSpace Co., Ltd. is a venture company specialized in research and development, spin-off from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to keep up with the current trends of the convergence between Space Technology (ST) and Information Communication Technology (ICT).

Under the main goal of manufacturing value-added products, we are growing as a creative and innovative company by investing in research and development in a consistent manner and employing talented human resources. http://www. inspace.re.kr SeptemberNext 2016 NewsLetter

New contracts KSPT is currently executing a contract with NASA EDOS to deliver one MEOS™ HRTG, three MEOS™ Capture HRDFEP ™ Systems and one TCP/IP SLE MEOS Capture v. 4.6 release translater. During spring 2016 we will release MEOS™ Capture SEPT 2015 version 4.6 with IF data-driven capability. You can read more about the new features in the September KSPT has been awarded a 2016 edition. M ULTI-MISSION E ARTH O BSERVATION S YSTEM contract with Kongsberg Satellite Services to deliver a MEOS™ Control system to Svalbard. SEPT 2015 KSPT has signed a contract Frame contract with National Space Organisation with the Chinese company Beijing Zhong Dian Tian Xiang (NSPO) Taiwan communication technology Ltd, to provide our MEOS™ Polar system. Kongsberg Spacetec and NSPO have extended the The delivery consists of a MEOS™ contract to develop the Direct Ingest System (DIS) Polar server with our polar receiver for the NSPO satellite ground segment. The contract and software for NPP and Terra and includes line items for engineering support, additional Aqua. ingest toolkits as well as maintenance of delivered SEPT 2015 systems. The DIS systems are to be used within the NSPO national as well as international receiving KSPT has been awarded a contract stations for Formosat 5. with the chinese company Yantai to deliver a MEOS™ Polar system The National Space Organization is the national with basic software package for civilian space agency of Taiwan and is involved Terra, Aqua, NPP og FY3C. in satellite and ground segment construction and OCT 2015 development as well as related technologies and NSPO Satellite Integration & Test Facility infrastructure including the FORMOSAT series of Kongsberg Spacetec has signed a remote sensing satellites. contract with exactEarth to deliver four MEOS™ CAPTURE HRDFEP OCT 2015

KSPT has signed a contract with Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) - Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) to deliver MEOS™ 3.8 m antenna and MEOS™ CAPTURE HRD- MEOS™ 3.8 m antenna with a S-band feed. Kongsberg Spacetec AS has signed a contract with DEC 2015 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) for delivery of a MEOS™ 3.8 m antenna and a KSPT has been awarded a contract satellite data capture system type MEOS™ CAPTURE with EUMETSAT to upgrade the HRDFEP. EARS station operated by HNMS in Kavouri (Greece) and the The antenna is to be used for reception of AIS data EARS station operated by DMI in from the Norwegian AIS satellites AISSat 1 and 2, Kangerlussuaq (Greenland) with and follow on Norwegian micro-satellite missions. MEOS™ Polar 4.x systems fully capable of acquiring L/X-band data Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a mandatory up to 100 Mbps from a wide set of international navigation safety communications meteorology satellites. system under the provisions of the Safety of Life

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