iSat Delivers
Pilot VSATs to Begin Commercializing
19 November, 2014
Es’hailSat, the Qatar
Satellite Company and Integrated
Satellite Applications Technologies Ltd
(iSat) registered in UK, announced the
delivery and installation of two pilot
VSAT terminals at Es’hailSat’s
headquarters in Doha, Qatar, to enable
the commercialization of the Ka-band
payloads on Es’hail 1.
Es’hailSat was
established in 2010 to provide advanced
satellite services to strategic
stakeholders and customers who value
communications independence, quality of
service and wide geographical coverage.
Es’hail 1, the company’s first
satellite was launched in Q3 2013.
The installation of
this new, specialized satellite
communications equipment allows
Es’hailSat to offer superior coverage
and secure connectivity for business and
government services across the whole
MENA region. Dedicated
telecommunications services including
broadband Internet access, corporate
networks and similar services will be
possible on Es’hail 1 using small fixed
or mobile antennas.
iSat, which designs,
manufactures and installs bespoke
satellite earth stations and VSATs
worldwide to optimize the use of
bandwidth for satellite operators and
their customers, delivered a 1.2m
transmit and receive VSAT terminal
designed to work with Es’hailSat’s
“Mission 4” Ka-band transponders, and a
1.2m uplink designed to work with
Es’hailSat’s “Mission 3” Ka-band
transponders.
The development of
the VSAT equipment involved designing,
integrating and testing feeds specific
to the Mission 3 and Mission 4 Ka-band
frequencies with existing reflectors to
ensure performance compliant to
international standards for antenna side
lobe and cross-polar patterns. The
integration also involved sourcing the
other components of a conventional VSAT
for these frequencies – BUCs, LNBs,
OMTs, and TRFs.
Hamad Al-Mannai,
Es’hailsat’s Chief Commercial Officer
said, “We are pleased to be working with
iSat on this project as they have proven
expertise in providing bespoke systems
for Ka-band satellite services.
As a new satellite operator it is
important for us to be able to provide
our customers with both superior
coverage and to fully support their
network connectivity”.
David Harper, CEO of
iSat said, “The reason that iSat wins
these open tenders is due to our
experience designing and manufacturing
VSATs for satellite operators with
challenging transponder frequencies.
Whereas the HDFSS Ka-band market
has a variety of highly competitive VSAT
suppliers, the frequency area below
29.5GHz is where our customers
appreciate iSat’s skills and experience
as a terminal manufacturer. Our purpose
is to work with Es’hailSat to develop
further terminals in the range to help
them optimize the use of their bandwidth
and increase the commercialization of
their satellite fleet”.
