GMV Announces Ground Systems Contract With Orbital for Republic of Azerbaijan’s First Satellite

 

21 December 2010 

GMV announces a contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide the ground system for the Azerspace/Africasat-1a satellite. The Republic of Azerbaijan selected Orbital to build the nation’s first commercial communications satellite.  

“This is GMV’s seventh ground systems contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation,” said Theresa Beech, president of the U.S. affiliate of GMV. “We’re pleased to be a preferred partner for successful ground system installation and operation around the globe, and especially for the first satellite of the Republic of Azerbaijan.” 

GMV will integrate the entire ground system for the Azerspace/Africasat-1a GEO satellite, including the satellite telemetry and telecommand system based upon GMV’s product hifly, the flight dynamics system based upon GMV’s product focussuite, the payload management systems based upon smartHz, as well as the ground equipment monitoring and control.  GMV will provide two antenna ground stations with satellite control centers in Azerbaijan and one satellite control center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. With an expected launch in 2012, GMV plans to install the ground system in 2012.