SES Astra, Integral Systems Europe & Enertec Enter Into Partnership

SPACEMART

big iron equals big profits

Toulouse, France (SPX) Sep 07, 2004
SES Astra's TechCom unit, Integral Systems Europe, an Integral Systems company and Enertec, a company of the French LP2C group, are proud to announce the signing of a partnership agreement for the marketing and provision of satellite control stations as well as related systems and services.

Using both of-the-shelf products as well as customized solutions, the 'partners' will offer to satellite operators and satellite manufacturers 'turn-key' satellite ground control systems, Baseband systems and Telemetry Tracking and Command (TT&C) stations for the lifetime operations of satellite platforms.

The team will mainly focus on the markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as well as South America and large parts of Asia.

The partnership will aim satellite operators and manufacturers pursuing business applications in many different fields including commercial, civilian and military domains.

SES Astra will provide these services through its TechCom businessunit that offers expert advise, satellite operations services & training, systems integration and services as well as products developed in-house (In-Orbit Test systems, advanced ranging tools) to the satellite manufacturing and operations industry .

Enertec will provide the base band subsystem based on its 3801-20 products family, widely used worldwide by the most important satellite operators (including SES Astra) as their baseline AIT, LEOP and In Orbit control equipment.

In addition to the reliability, compactness and easy use of this product family, Enertec will provide a worldwide field customer support.

Integral Systems Europe will provide an integrated solution for satellite and ground control using its EPOCH Integrated Product Suite (IPS) and Compass Equipment/Network Monitor and Control products from Newpoint Technologies, a subsidiary of Integral Systems.

This same software is used by satellite and fleet operators worldwide and supports virtually every commercial GEO communications satellite design in production as well as many more unique satellites designs common to weather, imagery and science applications.

SPACEWAR

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Newtown PA (SPX) Sep 06, 2004
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