COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
SATCOMBw
_SATCOMBw, developed by EADS SPACE Services GmbH, an EADS subsidiary, is designed to provide a secure, efficient, rapid and global communications capability. It comprises a fleet of communications satellites and several strategic and tactical ground stations as well as a network control system. The users will enjoy voice, fax, data, video and multimedia applications anywhere on the globe.
The SATCOMBw terminals will be available for ships, aircraft and ground vehicles as well as fixed and mobile customers. Each SATCOMBw spacecraft has a service life of approximately 15 years and will be positioned in geostationary orbit providing communication services over an area stretching from America to eastern Asia. Two types of user stations are available; the larger model will be NATO-compatible and will provide a full spectrum of communication services from voice to multimedia transmissions via satellite. In addition, these user stations will serve as nodes to local mobile and fixed data networks in the theatre of operations. The smaller user station will be man-portable while providing broadband services such as video, internet and access to the specific user's (or expanded on request) internal information system.
The SATCOMBw terminals will be available for ships, aircraft and ground vehicles as well as fixed and mobile customers. Each SATCOMBw spacecraft has a service life of approximately 15 years and will be positioned in geostationary orbit providing communication services over an area stretching from America to eastern Asia. Two types of user stations are available; the larger model will be NATO-compatible and will provide a full spectrum of communication services from voice to multimedia transmissions via satellite. In addition, these user stations will serve as nodes to local mobile and fixed data networks in the theatre of operations. The smaller user station will be man-portable while providing broadband services such as video, internet and access to the specific user's (or expanded on request) internal information system.