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Kongsberg Spacetec News

News from May to June 2010


(Jun 16, 2010) KSPT MEOS™ Capture HRDFEP system to exactEarth Ltd, Canada

Kongsberg Spacetec has signed a contract to deliver one MEOS™ Capture HRDFEP (High Rate Demodulator & Front End Processor) to exactEarth Ltd. The system supports V 35 descrambling.

exactEarth is based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, and is a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd.

MEOS™ Data Capture HRDFEP is a high performance data receiver, acquisition and telemetry processing system for the most demanding professional users, developed to bring all your data safely home, always. This mission statement translates into the key properties of all MEOS Capture products: Performance, Reliability and Flexibility.

MEOS™ Data Capture product information are available here

For more information about the customer: exactEarth Ltd and COM DEV International Ltd

(Jun 09, 2010) News Item KSPT MEOS™ Control to Kongsberg Satellite Services for Svalbard

Kongsberg Spacetec has signed a contract with Kongsberg Satellite Services to deliver a MEOS™ Control system to support operations of a new KSATs antenna system on Svalbard (SG25).

One MEOS™ HRDFEP and three command recorders are also included in the contract.

MEOS™ Control is Kongsberg Spacetec’s product for Ground Station monitoring and control. A Ground Station often consists of a number of specialized units, e.g. demodulators, modulators, antenna control units (ACU), converters, switch matrices, etc. Instead of handling these units as stand alone units, MEOS™ Control integrates them into one overall system, with a common GUI and a common API for remote operations.

The MEOS™ Capture HRDFEP is a high performance data receiver, acquisition and telemetry processing system for the most demanding professional users, developed to bring all your data safely home, always.
This mission statement translates into the key properties of all MEOS Capture products: Performance, Reliability and Flexibility.

For more information about the customer: Kongsberg Satellite Services

(May 23, 2010) News Item KSPT MEOS™ Polar system installed at Oman Meteorological Department

Kongsberg Spacetec has delivered a MEOS™ POLAR receive and processing system to Meteorological Department Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Meteorology Civil Aviation Affairs for reception and processing of NOAA, METOP and EOS satellites.

The MEOS™ Polar ground station system is Kongsberg Spacetec’s multi-mission, flexible and modular turnkey system for acquisition, archiving, processing, analysis and distribution of meteorological data.

For more information about the customer: Oman Meteorological Department

(May 18, 2010) News Item KSPT upgrade of MEOS™ Polar and MEOS™ GEO in Kuwait

Kongsberg Spacetec has upgraded the MEOS™ POLAR and MEOS™ GEO systems in Kuwait for NOAA direct reception and MSG Eumetcast reception.

The MEOS™ Polar ground station and the MEOS™ GEO system is Kongsberg Spacetec’s multi-mission, flexible and modular turnkey system for acquisition, archiving, processing, analysis and distribution of meteorological data.