Worldwide Satellite Magazine — December 2015 SatMagazine SatMagazineDecember 2015 Welcome to SatMagazine’s annual YEAR IN REVIEW issue. Publishing Operations Dozens of leading companies have offered their insights Silvano Payne, Publisher + Writer and an examination of their experiences regarding their Hartley G. Lesser, Editorial Director operations during 2015. Pattie Waldt, Executive Editor Jill Durfee, Sales Director, Editorial Assistant Offered in alphabetical order, these major representatives of the SATCOM and related industries review the challenges and Simon Payne, Development Director success many have had to face and deal with during 2015—all Donald McGee, Production Manager to the betterment and success of their companies. Dan Makinster, Technical Advisor Sean Payne, Small Satellite Specialist We can certainly report that the commercial SATCOM industry, as a whole, appears to be experiencing some amazing Senior Contributors technological advances and business success. The mergers and acquisitions of the past year will certainly continue into 2016. Tony Bardo, Hughes Personnel and projects will transition from one company or Richard Dutchik, Dutchik Communications organization to another, as business models flex to account for Chris Forrester, Broadgate Publications new projects, amazing discoveries and thrilling missions. Karl Fuchs, iDirect Government Services Bob Gough, Carrick Communications We earnestly wish the readers of SatMagazine a most Jos Heyman, TIROS Space Information prosperous and enjoyable 2016 and that the content within Carlos Placido, Placido Consulting these pages will be of interest to you and, most importantly, Giles Peeters, Track24 Defence offer some insight into the world of SATCOM and the bright future ahead. Koen Willems, Newtec All our best — the editors. SatMagazine — December 2015 3 Authors InfoBeam Petter Amundsen Casper Jensen Eleven ORBCOMM Satellites Ship .........................................8 Jason Andrews Pradman Kaul WRC 2015: Clarity Of Vision Regarding Satellite Services ..10 Olivier Barberot Ali Al Kuwari Developers Are Invited By Inmarsat To Attend IDC 16 ......11 Gerhard Bethscheider Andrej Lovsin Cobham’s AVIATOR 200S Attains “First Call” Milestone ....12 Pierre-Jean Beylier Mahdi Nazari Mehrabi ATEME Incorporates DVB-S2X ............................................12 Roger Boddy Randa Milliron A Power Booster From US Patent Office For EMC .............13 Dr. Mark Carter Jay Monroe LISA Pathfinder Launches + Is Ready To Ripple ..................14 Martin Coleman David Myers Norsat Brings Their ATOM 25 BUC To Market ...................16 Mary Cotton Tore Morten Olsen SSPI Requesting Your Invaluable Assistance .......................16 Stuart Daughtridge Ray Powers SkyVision + ABS Partnership ...............................................17 Chris Forrester Tony Radford First Two PlanetiQ Satellites To Launch Via Antrix .............18 Art Faverio Mark Rawlins EUMETSAT + NOAA Have A Joint Polar Goal ....................20 Roger Franklin Pacôme Révillon Signing On For ESA’s NEOSAT Program .............................21 Simen Frostad Steve Richeson Arianespace Scores ..............................................................22 Bilal El Hamoui Jörg Schmidt Paradise Breakthough For Outdoor SSPA ...........................24 Serge Van Herck Doug Slaton Hughes Wins Best Biz Company Award ..............................24 Jos Heyman Nile Suwansiri Sub-Saharan Connectivity In Progress .................................25 Ian Hilditch Moshe (Chico) Tamir Contract Beefed Up For Marlink By CGG ............................26 Helge Høibraaten Michael Weixler Polar Satellites Markets Are Examined By NSR ..................26 4 SatMagazine — December 2015 Year In Review Advertiser Index Advantech Wireless ............28 Interorbital Systems ...........52 Advantech Wireless ..............................................................15 Bridge Technologies ...........29 IRG ......................................54 AMOS By Spacecom ...............................................................9 Cobham SATCOM ...............30 Kratos .................................55 APT Satellite Company .........................................................13 CPI Satcom Products ..........31 Marlink ................................56 Arabsat Satellite .....................................................................7 Crystal ................................32 ND SatCom .........................57 AsiaSat ..................................................................................45 DataPath .............................33 Newtec ...............................58 AvL Technologies ...................................................................2 DEV (a Quintech Company) 34 NorthTelecom .....................59 Comtech EF Data .................................................................21 Es’hailSat ............................35 ORBCOMM .........................60 ETL Systems .......................36 SES Techcom ......................61 CPI Satcom Products ............................................................17 The Euroconsult Report ......37 Space Data Association ......62 Global Link Productions Inc. ...................................................3 The Forrester Report .........38 Spaceflight ..........................63 Keysight Technologies ...........................................................5 GeoSync Microwave ...........40 SpeedCast ..........................64 L-3 Narda-MITEQ ..................................................................11 Gilat Satellite Networks .....41 STN .....................................65 NAB—National Association of Broadcasters .......................72 Global Teleports .................42 Teledyne Paradise Datacom .66 Newtec CY ...........................................................................19 Globalstar ...........................43 Thaicom ..............................67 Pacific Telecommunications—PTC’16 ...................................53 Globecast............................44 Thuraya ...............................68 Teledyne Paradise Datacom .................................................25 The Heyman Report ...........46 VeriSat ................................69 Hughes ...............................50 Vimond Media Services ......70 Ultra Electronics GigaSat .....................................................27 iDirect .................................51 W.B. 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All included imagery is courtesy of, and copyright to, the respective companies and/or named individuals. 6 SatMagazine — December 2015 InfoBeam Sierra Nevada Corporation Working Hard — 11 ORBCOMM Satellites Ship ORBCOMM’s ubiquitous M2M network provides tracking, monitoring and control services for remote and mobile assets in core markets including transportation and distribution, heavy equipment, industrial fixed assets, oil and gas, maritime and government. “ORBCOMM and SNC are pleased to be in the final stages of the launch and test of our advanced next generation OG2 satellites,” said Marc Eisenberg, ORBCOMM’s chief executive officer. “We expect to be offering our customers in Q1 2016, an enhanced, more efficient communications network, significantly increasing network capacity, coverage and performance, including an Automatic Identification System (AIS) payload on every spacecraft.” Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) SNC successfully completed the Pre-Ship delivered 11 ORBCOMM Generation 2 Review in late October 2015, and soon All OG2 spacecraft are based on SNC’s flight- (OG2) satellites to the launch site at Cape thereafter, all 11 satellites were shipped to the proven SN-100 satellite bus, which can be Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, for launch site, initiating launch operations. tailored to support a variety of applications, ORBCOMM’s upcoming OG2 Mission 2 including communication, Earth observation, launch aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, During launch operations, with the support weather and space science. which is targeted for mid-December 2015. of SNC engineers and technicians, the OG2 satellites will undergo further post-transport The SN-100 is designed for a five-year- As the prime contractor for ORBCOMM’s testing, fueling and inspection. minimum life and uses a modular payload OG2 satellites, SNC is responsible for the deck that can be rapidly integrated and tested design, manufacture and integration of the This approach builds upon the OG2 Mission using highly automated scripts to test all OG2 satellites in the constellation. 1 launch and deployment of six spacecraft in functions. This allows the baseline satellite to July 2014.