EM Solutions delivers two Australian-made Ka-Band ‘Satellite on the Move’ systems to partner Jepico Corporation in Japan.

 6 March, 2013

Communications engineering company EM Solutions has delivered two of its latest Ka-Band Satellite on the Move (SOTM) terminals to the Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) as a key delivery milestone for the project in partnership with Tokyo based Jepico Corporation.  

EM Solutions’ CEO Dr. Rowan Gilmore said he was ‘proud to lead EM Solutions in this Australian export as it will provide an opportunity for the company’s Queensland based engineering project team to again showcase its world-leading satellite system design and advanced communications manufacturing capability.’   

EM Solutions’ Ka-Band SOTM terminal, originally built for the Australian Defence Force for use on the U.S. Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) military constellation, was extensively upgraded to work with Japan’s WINDS Ka-Band experimental satellite. The upgrade increases the terminal’s effective data rate up to 20Mbps with a new 65cm diameter antenna dish and 40W radio transmitter.  

Two initial SOTM terminals have been supplied to NICT for mounting on vehicles and a ship, and will be used as experimental equipment enabling a rapid response to emergencies and natural disasters. The terminals maintain broadband data communications even from a moving vehicle or vessel, and will establish a mobile communication ‘hub’ through the WINDS satellite to deliver high speed voice, data and video traffic from the affected site independent of the terrestrial network .