European
Space
Operations
Centre
(ESOC)
Chooses
Orbit’s
Satellite-Tracking
Ground
Station
System
September 5,
2017
Orbit
Communications
Systems Ltd.
announced
that its
Gaia 100
satellite-tracking
ground
station
system,
customized
with an S/X
dual-band
3.7-meter
antenna,
will be
integrated
into the
ground
terminal of
ESOC’s
Special
Mission
Infrastructure
Lab
Environment
(SMILE).
ESOC’s SMILE
facility,
which hosts
several
projects,
missions and
systems, is
a laboratory
for
prototype
testing and
validation
of
operations
concepts and
technologies.
Orbit’s Gaia
100 will
provide the
facility’s
ground
terminal
with
enhanced
satellite-tracking
capabilities.
“Orbit’s
Gaia 100 was
the only
antenna
capable of
meeting our
specs and
also fitting
on our
roof,” said
Piermario
Besso, Head
of the
Antenna and
Infrastructure
Section of
ESOC’s
Ground
Systems
Engineering
Department.
“The
combination
of compact
size, light
weight and
field-proven
technology
made it the
logical
choice for
us.”
“We are
proud to be
associated
with the
European
Space
Agency,”
added Eitan
Livneh, CEO
of Orbit.
“Their
studies in
the realm of
human and
robotic
space travel
bring great
value to all
of mankind.”
