Space Travel News  
Radyne's AeroAstro To Upgrade Globalstar's Messaging Capacity

Globalstar's AeroAstro-powered SENS simplex data network is used to support a variety of aviation flight-following, emergency asset, fleet and personal tracking applications.
by Staff Writers
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Oct 19, 2007
Radyne has announced its AeroAstro business unit will supply Globalstar with network upgrades as part of AeroAstro's SENS (Sensor Enabled Notification System) that will enhance both the receiver sensitivity and the overall customer messaging capacity of the entire AeroAstro-powered Globalstar Simplex data network. According to the recently signed agreement, AeroAstro will provide ground network upgrades to the entire fleet of deployed receivers to expand the current subscriber messaging capacity of the data network by 10 times and increase receiver sensitivity of the network by up to 40 percent.

Increased receiver sensitivity will further expand the geographic coverage area currently providing simplex data services and is expected to further improve message transmission reliability, which already exceeds 99 percent in its primary coverage area. Deliveries of the necessary upgrades are scheduled to begin in early 2008.

Globalstar's AeroAstro-powered SENS simplex data network is used to support a variety of aviation flight-following, emergency asset, fleet and personal tracking applications. Simplex data modem integrated solutions are also used for a number of remote monitoring and alarm applications, both within and beyond the reach of traditional wireless and terrestrial infrastructure. Information such as GPS location co-ordinates, remote status and other sensor information can be reliably sent to customers using the network.

"AeroAstro's technology lead in low cost reliable remote monitoring continues to drive new sales in this high growth market," said Myron Wagner, Radyne's CEO. "This is just one of many markets where Radyne and AeroAstro can exploit new sales opportunities."

AeroAstro's SENS technology provides a total solution that is uniquely affordable and reliable with ubiquitous coverage over most of the globe. AeroAstro combines infrastructure and asset tag hardware, data portal and communications services, and systems engineering to deliver prices, power savings, compact size and ease of use previously unimaginable from satellite communications.

Radyne Corporation
Radyne Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, integrates and installs products, systems and software used for the transmission and reception of data and video over satellite, troposcatter, microwave and cable communication networks. The Company sells under four brands:

- Radyne builds satellite modems, converters and switches,

- Xicom Technology produces high power amplifiers,

- AeroAstro is a leader in microsatellite systems, components, and advanced communications technologies,

- Tiernan supplies HDTV and SDTV encoding and transmission equipment.

Related Links
Space Technology News - Applications and Research



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


Northrop Grumman Tests Multi-Mission Command And Telemetry System For Key Global Space Programs
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2007
Northrop Grumman, in conjunction with ground system teammate Raytheon, recently completed the System Acceptance Test (SAT) of a Common Command and Telemetry System (CCTS) that will potentially reduce costs between two programs, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). "The successful completion of this milestone proves our commitment to providing low-cost, synergistic enterprise solutions to our customers," said Alexis Livanos, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector.







  • Jules Verne Dry Cargo Prepared In Turin
  • J-2X Powerpack Test Article Installed On Test Stand
  • Dawn Of A Long Voyage To The Beginning Of Sol And Beyond
  • Kennedy Prepares To Host Constellation Launch Vehicle

  • United Launch Alliance Managed Delta 2 Launches New GPS For US Air Force
  • ATK Propulsion And Composite Technologies Help Launch GPS Satellite
  • United Launch Alliance Atlas V Awarded Two NASA Missions
  • Russia Says Space Launch Vehicles Tests To Start On Schedule

  • Space Shuttle Crew Arrives Friday
  • Countdown Begins For STS-120 As Shuttle Crew Arrives In Florida
  • NASA gives go-ahead for Discovery launch Oct 23
  • Final Flight Readiness Review Today

  • Expedition 15 Set To Return Home
  • Soyuz Docks With ISS
  • SpaceX Completes NASA CDR For New Dragon
  • China Hopes To Join International Space Station Project

  • Chinese Taikonauts May Build Communist Party Branch In Space
  • Malaysian First Astronaut To Be Commissioned As Cosmonaut In Russia
  • Greeting A Living Legend: NASA's Cosentino Meets Childhood Hero Buzz Aldrin
  • Russia To Develop New Carrier Rocket For Kliper

  • China reveals space plans
  • China Plans Ambitious Space Program Over Decade Ahead
  • Nation Hopes To Cooperate In Space
  • China says still open to space cooperation with US

  • UCSD Researchers Give Computers Common Sense
  • Japan's robot industry forecasts strong growth
  • Robotic Rockhounds: Interview with David Wettergreen Part 2
  • Robots With Legs

  • Hawaii Reveals Steamy Martian Underground
  • Hummocky And Shallow Maunder Crater
  • NASA extends Mars probes' mission for 5th time
  • Opportunity Begins Sustained Exploration Inside Crater

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement