Maritime Satellite Services

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Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council•ISSN 1226-8844
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INTERVIEW
Nikolay Testoedov,
General Designer & General Director, ISS-Reshetnev
FOCUS ASIA
EO in Asia: Government Awake – Private Sector Awakening
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1 S T Q u a r t e r 2 0 1 2 • Vo l u m e 1 8 • I s s u e 1
03 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
04 F EATURES: MARITIME SATELLITE
SERVICES
04 M
aritime Satellite Communications:
Moving to Higher Frequencies
08 Inmarsat Under Fire: A Coming Upset at Sea?
14 S
atellite Communications and ICT Solutions for the Maritime Industry
20 KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband Service
26 INTERVIEW
26 N
ikolay Testoedov, General Designer & General Director,
ISS-Reshetnev
30 FOCUS ASIA
30 EO in Asia: Government Awake – Private Sector Awakening
36 SATELLITE TRENDS
36 A
pplications, Markets, Directions – Asia Pacific’s Golden
Satellite Era
40 APSCC MEMBERS
42 INSIDE APSCC
42 Event Review: APSCC – PTC’12 Breakout Session
44 SATELLITE INDUSTRY NEWS
47 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
48 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
As we enter a new year in 2012, I pray from the bottom of my
heart that this year will be wonderful for each and every company that is a member of APSCC.
this, the satellite industry transitioned well, sustained by new
demand from economic development in emerging nations and
stable demand in advanced nations.
As we reflect back on 2011, it was truly a difficult year. From
the end of 2010 to the beginning of 2011, the La Nina effect
brought great rains that resulted in flooding causing great
damage to Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, and South Africa. In
October, there were major floods throughout all of Thailand
and businesses that had expanded into Thailand halted operations, causing great damage to the world economy. On the
other hand, soon after the M6.3 earthquake happened in
February in Christchurch, New Zealand, the M9.0 great earthquake happened in the coastal waters of eastern Japan in
March, causing a massive tsunami that had a devastating
effect across the eastern Japan region. At the same time,
there was the major disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
power plant, leaving many inhabitants in the area with no
choice but to evacuate. Because of these disasters, manufacturing of electronic and automotive parts in eastern Japan
were stopped, greatly affecting production operations all over
the world. In October, there was even an M7.1 earthquake in
Turkey, making this year the worst year filled with a great
deal of damage from both flooding and earthquakes.
What does 2012, and beyond, have in store? Natural disasters
resulting from climate change are predicted to be frequent in
coming years, and occasional earthquakes are unavoidable.
Learning from the myriad of disasters last year, there is surely a
need for every nation in the world to work together to prepare
for disasters. Maintaining communications during times of
disaster is one of the most important issues in these preparations, and satellite communications, having a big role to fulfill
in this, ought to be set up in every nation. Further, international
cooperative relationships should be developed. APSCC would
like to contribute toward these efforts, as much as we can.
Looking at governmental affairs, the Jasmine Revolution in
Tunisia was seen as an opportunity by anti-establishment
groups in Arab nations including Egypt, Jordan, and Libya,
where demonstrations intensified. As a result, the Egyptian and
Libyan governments collapsed and were rebuilt as democratic
systems. On the economic front, major national debt problems
based mostly in American and European nations came to light,
forcing the financial system into an extremely unstable state.
With dollar and euro acceptance declining, the future of the
world economic condition became very unclear.
Last year, amidst the confusion in the world economy, we
saw many situations where countries could not develop
strong countermeasures within themselves, or could not work
in cooperation to develop strong countermeasures regarding
the financial crises, and problem solving had to be delayed.
This year, starting with the presidential election in the United
States, changes to governments in nations all over the world
are anticipated. Currently, amidst the global disasters and
political and economic confusion that once did not exist,
democracy is on the verge of a crisis and many nations are
finding that important policy decisions cannot be made. We
hope that, truly for the people, and for global stability and
economic development, bipartisan interests can be set aside
and national pride and the egos of citizens will also be set
aside, correct decisions will be made, strong governments
that can create international cooperative relations with
nations around the world will be set up, and solid policies
will be implemented to help overcome the crises of today and
tomorrow even one day sooner.
In this way, 2011 was a very difficult year with economic and
political crises as well as many natural disasters. Despite
Yutaka Nagai
President, APSCC
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FEATURESⅠ
Q1•2012
Maritime Satellite Communications:
Moving to Higher Frequencies
Wei Li, Senior Consultant, Euroconsult
of the offerings are at 64 to 256 kbps range), and
largely restricted to coastal waters and the
the service is usually provided at a fixed monthly
northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean. MSS sys-
fee typically ranging from US$900 to US$5,000.
tems like those in L-band require less mainte-
Some Ku-band terminals are now even compara-
nance and are highly resistant to environmental
ble in size to L-band products, for example KVH’s
conditions, such as rain fade, causing a reliabili-
mini-VSAT service has a Ku-band antenna as
ty issue for Ku-band VSAT. MSS terminals still
small as 37cm in diameter.
have significant advantage in equipment cost
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and installation cost over VSAT systems as
For 2011, Euroconsult has observed high single-
well. Indeed, many maritime VSAT service pro-
digit growth in both terminals and revenues for
viders complain that they spend millions of dol-
the maritime VSAT market. We estimate there
lars per year to procure VSAT equipments and
are currently about 8,800 active maritime VSAT
then lease to end-users who are not willing to
systems operating in C- and Ku-band on a glob-
bear the upfront costs.
al basis. This growth is expected to continue in
the next decade, and by 2021 the global mari-
Nevertheless, the MSS business faces increas-
The maritime industry has been historically con-
the upcoming Ka-band (26.5 to 40 GHz) frequen-
time VSAT market will nearly triple in number of
ing pressure from the Ku-band VSAT services,
servative and slow to adopt new telecommuni-
cies bring more cost-effective value proposi-
active terminals. The upcoming Ka-band servic-
affecting revenue and ARPU (average revenue
cation technologies. In the past, shipping com-
tions.
es are expected to take the relay from currently
per user), which has declined significantly. A
fast-growing Ku-band services and become an
very large number of recently-installed MSS
panies largely relied on proven solutions, principally MSS (Mobile Satellite Systems) services
Broadband satellite data communication servic-
important driver for market growth in the next
broadband terminals are intended as backup or
provided by Inmarsat, Iridium and Thuraya sys-
es are gaining market acceptance with a grow-
10 years.
gap-filler solutions to a VSAT system. MSS
tems operating at L-band or between 1525 and
ing number of ships adopting these new gener-
1646.5 MHz. This situation has been changing
ation services to replace legacy satellite termi-
On the MSS/L-band side, high-data-rate sys-
ular, is expected to grow at almost 15% annual-
quickly, as satellite communication services
nals, leading to strong growth in the maritime
tems, such as FleetBroadband from Inmarsat
ly in number of terminals through 2021. In terms
operating at higher Ku-band (12 to 18 GHz) and
satellite communications market. Mobile VSAT
and OpenPort from Iridium, are also benefiting
of revenue, despite strong growth of higher fre-
(very-small-aperture terminal), especially
from the trend towards higher speed data com-
quency services, L-band service will still repre-
Ku-band VSAT, has been rapidly taking market
munications. For instance, the leading MSS
share from legacy MSS services.
operator Inmarsat will very probably report 2011
MSS Maritime Wholesale Revenue
Forecasts
broadband service (at least 128 kbps), in partic-
as a second consecutive year with over 10,000
Asset
munic
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safe
king &
trac
ations
For a long time the use of maritime VSAT sys-
FleetBroadband terminals in net addition.
tems was limited to high-end market segments
Inmarsat’s counterpart, US-based Iridium, also
such as oil & gas rigs, petroleum tankers and
has strong growth of its OpenPort broadband
large cruise ships due to the constraints of a
service. In the coming years, UAE-based
large antenna, high capital investment and limit-
Thuraya is expected to capture new subscribers
ed coverage. However VSAT technology has
for its broadband service developed through a
advanced rapidly in the last several years, allow-
partnership with Comtech.
Number of VSAT Terminals by Frequency
Forecasts
Ka-band
ing for smaller, lighter, cheaper and easier-toMSS Narrowband
2008
2009
2010
MSS broadband(from 128 kbps)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
install equipment. Other issues such as coverage
Despite all the improvements from the VSAT
have also been largely overcome through joint
side, L-band solutions still have some advantag-
efforts by VSAT service providers, equipment/
es over Ku-and C-band solutions. Maritime
antenna manufacturers and satellite operators.
VSAT still has considerable coverage gaps and
Maritime VSAT system data rates are currently
issues with the handover between different sat-
available at up to 5 Mbps (although the majority
ellite beams. In particular, Ku-band coverage is
Ku-band
C-band
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Q1•2012
Quarterly Newsletter
MSS Wholesale Revenue vs VSAT Capacity Revenue
Forecasts
nent personnel. Remote monitoring systems
in 2013-2014 to win back market share lost to
generally need only low connection speeds (<20
Ku-band VSAT providers.
kbps) but increasing automation could require
VSAT
MSS
higher connection speeds (i.e. 56-128 kbps).
Shipping companies, fishing vessels and other
That increasing automation may well be ahead.
maritime customers are benefiting from the
In one example, Hyundai Heavy Industries
competition and the convergence between MSS
unveiled its remote monitoring and control
and VSAT. Many ship operators have reported
'smart ship system’ in March 2011. Vessel oper-
that the migration to new generation MSS ser-
ators can remotely control engines and control-
vices has helped them to reduce spending, as
lers and manage other important on-board sys-
service prices for new MSS products are gener-
tems from offices on shore using satellite links.
ally lower than for legacy products. Many other
The convergence of satellite technologies and
ship operators are enjoying the fact that with
hybrid L- and Ku-band terminals currently
the same spending, their ships now have unlim-
observed may help overcome the MSS data vol-
ited satellite usage once switched from MSS to
ume and speed issues, as well as coverage and
VSAT.
reliability issues related to Ku-band maritime
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
VSAT. Such solutions use VSAT systems as the
On the supplier side, VSAT operators have expe-
backbone and the MSS services as backup, with
rienced a period of fast growth and are looking
traffic and network management centralised
forward to winning more customers from MSS
into a single interface.
providers. Meanwhile MSS operators are forced
sent over 50% of the total maritime satellite
the more recent Inmarsat service bundles
communication market value in 2021.
designed for heavy users to prevent them from
Beyond the already widely-accepted Ku-band
the market. For long term perspectives, compe-
migrating to Ku-band VSAT).
service, the maritime satellite communication
tition among different satellite technologies will
market will soon evolve to an even higher fre-
endure, and the convergence of MSS and VSAT
For both MSS and VSAT services, growth in the
to cede some margins to remain competitive in
next 10 years will primarily come from crew
On the operations side, operational and adminis-
quency, the Ka-band. The largest Ka-band proj-
is expected to reshape the maritime satellite
welfare communications and increasing data
trative communications needs onboard vessels
ect is from the MSS operator Inmarsat which is
communication sector.
demand from ship operations as well as admin-
play an important decision-making role in the
preparing its proprietary Ka-band VSAT service
istrations.
selection of satellite solutions. Higher frequency
VSAT services allow ships to realize bandwidth-
Shipping companies are facing increasing diffi-
hungry applications such as route planning,
culties attracting qualified personnel due to
engine diagnostics, electronic cargo declaration,
rough conditions at sea and the fact that crew
navigation chart and real-time meteorological
members must live for extended periods of time
information updates at a flat monthly cost.
away from families and friends; this has opened
Despite a higher airtime price, L-band services
market opportunities for satellite communica-
generally provide a more reliably connection for
tions for crew welfare and entertainment.
such mission-critical applications.
Traffic for crew communications can represent
Wei Li is senior consultant at Euroconsult and editor of Maritime Telecom Solutions by
as much as 80% of total data traffic onboard a
Smaller fishing ships also require real-time sat-
Satellite - Global Market Analysis & Forecasts, Aeronautical Telecom Solutions by
ship. In this type of scenario, VSAT is the most
ellite communications to acquire fish pricing
Satellite - Global Market Analysis & Forecasts, and Mobile Satellite Communications
cost-effective service; with a fixed monthly fee,
information in order to choose the best destina-
Markets Survey – Prospects to 2020. Euroconsult is a consulting and analyst firm spe-
vessel crew can have unlimited access (MSS
tion port while still in the middle of the ocean.
cialising in satellite applications, communications, and digital broadcasting, providing
services are still based on pay-as-you-go mod-
Satellite is also used for remote management of
els, except for government leasing services and
certain operations which do not require perma-
strategic consulting and analysis, comprehensive research reports and forecasts. Mr Li
can be reached at [email protected].
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08
FEATURESⅡ
Inmarsat Under Fire:
A Coming Upset at Sea?
It’s easy to manage a monopoly, not so easy to
compete…
Alan Gottlieb, Managing Director, Gottlieb International Group, Inc.
As we move into 2012, the big news is the like-
tive challenges. On all fronts it faces a battle to
ly end of the Inmarsat maritime communications
maintain its position as a market leader, or even
monopoly and the dawn of a highly competitive
a survivor in its present form. Like Kodak, RIM,
environment where mariners can secure high
and Nokia, disruptive forces in the market may
speed, voice and data services at affordable
have been recognized too late.
prices.
While I have written previously about some of
With its highly touted Global Xpress service still
the threats Inmarsat faces, when viewed collec-
years away, Inmarsat faces head to head com-
tively, these threats have profound implications
petition with aggressive and well-financed mar-
for the Company and for future competitive
itime VSAT providers. In a desperate effort to
landscape of the maritime satellite market.
retain customers, it is slashing prices on Fleet
Broadband and VSAT and “going direct,” a strategy that has resulted in Channel Conflict with
its third party distributors.
Global Xpress – The Right Service
for Maritime?
Introduced with much fanfare and billed as a
As a testimonial to Inmarsat’s vulnerability,
revolutionary new high speed service, significant
Maersk’s recently announced selection of Ku
doubts exist as to Global Xpress’ ability to effec-
Band for its 400 vessel fleet constitutes a stun-
tively support the increased reliability demanded
ning rejection of Inmarsat’s Xpress Link with GX
by major fleet operators as they deploy more
upgrade offer and highlights the issue of wheth-
and more latency and sensitive applications.
er Ka Band’s receptivity to Rain Fade and the
associated bandwidth and fluctuations may
Based on our conversations with the service pro-
make the GX Service unsuitable for the high-
viders, there is significant skepticism regarding
end, “mission critical,” applications increasingly
the performance of Global Xpress in the severe
common in large fleets.
precipitation environment often encountered at
sea. While Inmarsat tells us that a link can be
Never before has Inmarsat faced such competi-
maintained, the quality of that link is in question.
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Q1•2012
According to our own experts, while it may be
age on seven different beams thereby eliminat-
is likely to produce an intensely competitive envi-
possible to maintain a connection, Bit Rate and
ing the need for VSAT service vendors to contract
ronment and possible bandwidth over capacity –
available bandwidth will drop dramatically and
with as many as five different operators. This
a situation that could drive prices down.
vary significantly based on rain intensity, causing
new network will feature enhanced coverage
potentially disruptive affects for high bandwidth
(approximately 95% of the world’s shipping
In this region, Eutelsat, Avanti Communications,
and Bit Rate sensitive applications. Regardless of
routes), 50 Mbps speeds, automatic beam
the Emirates Yahsat 1B and Newsat’s Jabiru 1
Inmarsat’s claims to the contrary, the fact is that
switching and seamless global voice, data and
service will all compete with Inmarsat. In addi-
Ka services have never been proven to operate
video services. As Ku technology is proven in the
tion to Middle East competition, Telenor
effectively in such environments. Ironically,
maritime VSAT market, VSAT vendors, unlike
Satellite Services will launch its own competi-
Inmarsat in the past consistently challenged Ku
Inmarsat, can offer this service to their most criti-
tive regional Ka Band maritime service over
Ship Equip has been highly successful to date,
Band on the same issue, and now introduces Ka
cal customers and be assured that it will be reli-
Europe in Mid 2012.
its early sales volume success was built primar-
Band, a service much more sensitive to Rain Fade.
able in most weather conditions.
(Photo: Maersk)
ily upon the Offshore Service Vessel and Fishing
markets in the Scandinavian region, a market
Acknowledging this potential limitation, the
Third Party Distributors in Jeopardy
that is now saturated.
Company plans to offer unlimited Fleet Broadband
A Highly Competitive Market
back up as assurance of connectivity. However,
Unlike the L Band market where Inmarsat previ-
the market as to Global Xpress’ Rain Fade charac-
As the Company (now selling under the Inmarsat
the 1500 Millisecond latency rates sporadically
ously enjoyed a near monopoly, the Company
teristics; Inmarsat will need the support of a loyal
banner) attempts to grow beyond its home
reported for this service raise doubts as whether
now faces numerous aggressive competitors. In
and effective third party distribution network to
region, it will face intense competition from the
it too can be relied upon to host latency sensitive
addition to giant Vizada, Orange Business
counter competitor critique. Yet, incredibly,
established VSAT players and in the case of the
applications and the fact that it is a fully contend-
Services, MTN, Harris/Caprock, Speedcast,
Inmarsat has chosen to compete against the very
European shipping community, markets less
ed service suggests that availability of bandwidth
NSSL, Globecomm, KVH Industries, Globe
resellers it needs to assist it in marketing the new
receptive to a VSAT transition. However, for
could be limited in congested sea-lanes.
Wireless and other smaller players are all fight-
service - a channel through which it currently
those new customers who Ship Equip can con-
ing for their share of the commercial shipping
generates around 60 per-cent of its sales volume!
vince to buy Xpress Link, the new SeaTel upgrad-
Of course, as Ku competitors continue to educate
Given the potential technical shortcomings of
VSAT market. Lacking monopoly power,
Global Xpress and Fleet Broadband combination
Inmarsat is now forced to compete on equal
This “going direct” initiative has created a great
no risk upgrade to Global Xpress. It’s another
and the need for VSAT service providers to pro-
terms, a tough challenge for a company that has
deal of animosity and raised doubts as to
story for the existing customer base.
vide increasingly reliable service to their high
been accustomed to unlimited pricing advan-
whether the DPs will remain in the Inmarsat
end customers, we expect that Global Xpress
tage and market dominance.
able antenna does leave the door open for a new,
camp or turn to alternative providers. In addi-
The installed base is equipped with SeaTel 4003
will only be deployed in less demanding appli-
tion, Vizada, Inmarsat’s largest third party dis-
and 4006 and 4009 antennas. While the 4006
cations such as web surfing or for sporadic
tributor representing nearly 40 per-cent of
and 4009 will be upgradable at several thousand
Inmarsat’s sales volume, has been acquired by
dollars cost, the 4003 will not be upgradable.
clear sky conditions, if and only if it is offered at
Numerous Ka Band Competitors
Emerging
European aerospace giant EADS, giving Vizada
This means that the 4003 antennas will have to
low cost. If so, it could also find a market
Further complicating the outlook for Inmarsat’s
the financial backing it needs to compete at any
be de-installed and disposed of in some way.
among small commercial vessels and leisure
Global Xpress is the coming competition in what
price level with Inmarsat.
Furthermore, the de-installation will require the
craft that sail in temperate weather regions.
was anticipated by Inmarsat to be a prime mar-
transmission of high volume batched data under
use of a crane, and the packing and crating and
ket for the new service – the Middle East. With a
shipping of the SeaTel antennas poses a costly
Enhanced Ku Availability
active oil exploration, the Middle East is an ideal
Ship Equip Internal Distribution –
Capabilities Limited
By 2014 Intelsat will have launched its new
environment for Ka Band services. Acquired as a potentially effective distribution
Global Xpress upgrade. Unless Inmarsat is pre-
channel for Global Express, Ship Equip’s ability
pared to absorb the costs involved in the
relatively dry climate, continued military conflict,
Global Mobility Network. Based on proven Ku
(potentially $5,000 to $10,000 removal cost per
vessel) and logistically complex obstacle to a
Band technology, the service will have a total of
However, the attractiveness of the region has not
to upgrade a significant number of existing Ku
upgrade or for the removal of the 4003 anten-
four new satellites comprising a constellation
gone unnoticed by Inmarsat’s competitors and
customers to Global Xpress and generate
nas, we see no real incentive for the existing
that will provide single operator, global Ku cover-
the availability of several new Ka Band services
increased sales volume remains in doubt. While
customer base to upgrade to Global Xpress.
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(Photo: Maersk)
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Limited Potential in Commercial
Aviation and Energy
price in most applications. C Band SCPC links
With high demand for bandwidth and a rain free
price point; Ku Band has not achieved a domi-
environment, one could expect Inmarsat’s new
nant position in the market. Hence, the mass
service to be especially appealing to the com-
adoption Global Xpress in this sector is extreme-
mercial aviation market. However, due to the
ly unlikely. While we do see potential in desert
cell-like infrastructure of Global Xpress, its
regions and for mass broadcast of batched in
acceptance is unlikely.
clear sky conditions and for Crew Welfare pur-
are still extremely common and even at a lower
poses, mass displacement of C and Ku by Global
While the service’s 50 MBs per/cell capacity
Xpress’ Ka service is extremely unlikely.
may be sufficient for maritime, it is highly limiting for aviation. According to Panasonic
craft can be concentrated in a relatively small
Light Squared – An End to a
Lucrative Revenue Stream
area creating enormous demands for bandwidth
With the FCCs recent denial of Light Squared’s
not characteristic of maritime. This capacity lim-
permission to operate due to interference with
itation, combined with the Service’s inability to
GPS, Inmarsat’s revenue stream from the ill-fat-
support bandwidth intensive IP TV programming
ed broadband venture will likely be terminated.
Aviation, in this market, large numbers of air-
Boeing i5 (Photo: Boeing)
and the lack of a spare satellite is expected to
limit Global Xpress’ acceptance to second tier
commercial and corporate aviation markets
In Conclusion
where smaller aircraft and less congested
Whether Inmarsat is able to overcome substan-
routes may make the service feasible. First tier
tial obstacles to the adoption of Global Xpress
commercial Carriers will almost certainly con-
and successfully the new Service will determine
tinue to rely on Ku Band where multiple tran-
if the once giant monopoly ultimately prospers or
sponders can provide the capacity and back up
suffers irreversible decline. Either way, the suc-
satellites exist to insure continuity of service.
cess or failure of Global Xpress will determine
The prospects for Global Xpress in Energy mar-
who looses and who wins in the ongoing battle
kets are even less promising.
for the maritime communications market.
In upstream Energy, VSAT buyers are extremely
conservative and reliability takes precedent over
Alan Gottlieb is Managing Director of Gottlieb International Group Inc. (www.gottliebinternationalgroup.com). Established in 2001, his firm is a recognized authority on the
use of VSAT in Maritime and Oil and Gas VSAT markets. The Company provides Product
Development, Marketing Research, Sales Training to VSAT Service Vendors and Satellite
Operators, System and Vendor selection assistance to shipping companies and M & A
support to Private Equity firms. Gottlieb is the author of numerous articles in Sat News,
Digital Ship, and Satellite Market Research And is a frequent speaker at Digital Ship,
Offshore Communications, The Pacific Telecommunications Conference, Nor Ship, the Washington Satellite Exhibition,
and other industry events. He also founded and Manages “Maritime Satellite and VSAT – Independent Opinions,” a
well-known Group on “LinkedIn.”
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FEATURESⅢ
Q1•2012
Satellite Communications and
ICT Solutions for the Maritime
Industry
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three months of 2011 with 142 attacks worldwide 3. Faced with such challenges, ship owners
need to increase their ability to monitor their
assets at sea.
Maritime communications services have seen a
rise in adoption to bridge the gaps for needs
Titus Yong, Vice President, SingTel Satellite
including crew communications, crew management, operations and vessels monitoring.
Where satellite links to provide for ship to shore
communications, and subsequently Internet
connectivity, become a norm, shipping companies already recognize the benefits beyond having Internet onboard, by demanding and implementing innovative communications applica-
Outlook of the Maritime Industry
Regulations such as the Maritime Labour
2006) 2,
2Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
(MLC, 2006), International Maritime
Organisation, 2006
3International Chamber of Commerce,
"Attacks off the Somali coast drive
piracy to record high, reports IMB",
2011
tions to enhance crew welfare, cost manage-
The shipping sector has long played a central role
Convention, 2006 (MLC,
which is aimed
ment, operational efficiencies and vessels man-
SingTel’s global and regional MVSAT solutions
in facilitating trade and economic activity, and
at safeguarding seafarers’ rights to proper work
agement, thereby capitalizing and transforming
provide shipping operators with “always-on”
maritime shipping is still considered to be the
conditions, have been ratified by an increasing
communications cost to returns.
broadband connectivity and the added flexibility
most cost-effective method of bulk transport over
number of countries. These regulations are use-
to choose between C- or Ku-band networks.
great distances. Yet, despite its vital contribution
ful and have produced positive results, but apart
SingTel also developed the world’s first and
to world trade, the maritime industry is facing a
from regulations, the onus is still on maritime
perfect storm of challenges that will have signifi-
firms to look for innovative and cost-effective
cant impact on its continued sustainability.
ways to further enhance the working environ-
SingTel: Driving innovations in satellite communications and maritime
ICT solutions
ment onboard.
Maritime operators around the world are part-
smallest 1.5m diameter C-band stabilised
antenna, bringing the benefits of MVSAT to
smaller vessels with limited deck space.
nering with SingTel to meet their communica-
One of the most significant is in the hiring and
1T he Nippon Foundation and the
Japan International Transport
Institute “A study on the future global supply and demand for seafarers
and possible measures to facilitate
stakeholders to secure a quantity of
quality seafarers,” 2010
Global satellite communications coverage with SingTel (Photo: SingTel)
retaining of qualified personnel. The Nippon
The industry’s profitability has also been badly
tions needs. As a satellite operator and tele-
Foundation and the Japan International
affected by rising fuel prices and vessel overca-
communications service provider across multi-
Facilitating unified communications
to enhance crew welfare
Transport Institute (JITI) predict that by 2020,
pacity. Yet, global demand remains anaemic: as
ple platforms, SingTel offers the advantage of a
Equipping vessels with onboard Internet con-
the maritime industry will face a shortfall of
consumers in Europe and the United States buy
one-stop satellite ICT communications provider,
nectivity and voice communications is essential,
approximately 32,153 senior officers and 46,881
less, maritime firms are now facing a massive
with end-to-end integration of the ICT value
but beyond that, SingTel offers a suite of value
glut in shipping capacity. In late January 2012,
chain — from infrastructure to support services.
added Internet services, which provides seafar-
the Baltic Dry Index, a key barometer used to
Leveraging more than 35 years of experience
ers options to connect with their loved ones and
Shipping companies find it hard to attract and
assess freight cost on international maritime
working with maritime operators and an
allows crew to move beyond communicating
retain onboard personnel because the salary lev-
routes, fell to a three-year low. Companies are
installed base of more than 20,000 ships,
over costly circuit voice networks, thereby
els are less attractive, given the long work hours,
looking raise operational efficiencies to improve
SingTel has the expertise and track record to
enhancing live onboard.
tough and isolated conditions. Furthermore, rising
margins.
offer a total solution approach to help maritime
maritime
staff 1.
fuel cost forces operators to implement slow-
companies streamline their communications
To facilitate low-cost, real-time communications
steaming to save on fuel consumption which
Finally, vessel security has also become a grow-
infrastructure, and cater to specific service
at sea, SingTel AIO Connect Services offer a
increases travel time between destinations and
ing concern. According to the International
requirements of its vessels. These include a
secure and comprehensive solution that unifies
prolongs the duration crew spends onboard.
Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International
range of satellite narrowband and broadband
data, email, call, chat and Internet surfing func-
Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report,
services such as Maritime VSAT (MVSAT),
tions into a single, integrated platform. Seafarers
piracy at sea hit an all-time high in the first
Inmarsat FleetBroadband and E&E Services.
can now send and receive emails and SMS via a
Clearly, the industry recognises the problem.
World’s first and smallest 1.5m diameter
C-band stabilized Antenna developed by
SingTel, bringing the benefits of MVSAT to
smaller vessels with limited deck space
(Photo: SingTel)
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web interface, keep up with the latest news, and
SingTel is further transforming crew communica-
of policy setting, coupled with data compres-
make Voice over IP (VoIP) phone calls with
tions with the recent introduction of CrewX
sion and network acceleration to minimise
reduced bandwidth constraints and less expen-
change@SingTel (crew.singtel.com). This is an
bandwidth consumption.
sive traffic charges.
industry first lightweight portal catered especialShip owners can make use of SmartPacketTM
Monitoring and management of
vessels to ensure security
Shipping companies can further leverage
activities and enrichment, such as world news,
compression technology to enable bandwidth
One of the key priorities of ship owners is to be
DesktopConnect solution, a key component of
sports news, stock portfolio, chat, Facebook,
efficient voice communications onboard.
updated on the status of their cargoes, crew
AIO Connect Services, to increase crew mobili-
Twitter and online courses. Seafarers can also
SingTel AIO Connect Services includes
and vessels by maintaining consistent ship-to-
ty. Using DesktopConnect, crew can log in to a
create online communities to stay in touch with
ConnectPortal, a compact device that provides
shore communications. Indeed, more maritime
single email account, even when moving from
friends, family and co-workers. Using widgets
secured access for up to three Ethernet devices
companies are now realising the full potential
one vessel to another. DesktopConnect also pro-
and compression technology to scale down data
such as notebooks, wireless access points, or
of shipboard ICT to achieve greater visibility
vides seafarers the freedom to use pre-paid
size, crew and shipping companies enjoy greater
even the Multi-VoIP Connect device. Integrated
into the most critical aspects of their fleet oper-
messaging cards to manage their own SMS,
cost savings using CrewXchange.
management tools ensure that only authorised
ations and monitor for security threats.
devices can be plugged in, and data usage can
Since its launch in April 2011, CrewXchange
be closely accounted for. To optimise communi-
SingTel provides a comprehensive suite of sat-
AIO Connect Services includes Multi-VoIP
has attracted resounding interest and reviews
cations cost, ConnectPortal offers ship owners
ellite communications services and solutions for
Connect that allows multiple crew members to
from seafarers and their family and friends,
full cost visibility through its data usage moni-
remote management of vessels from shore. The
make voice calls at the same time. This rugge-
with current registration rates far exceeding
toring capabilities.
SingTel integrated Network Management
dised console comes with eight analogue phone
expectations. A well-received crew rewards
ports for eight concurrent voice connections to
program offering participation in festive games
Ship owners also require advanced monitoring
obtain real-time visibility in tracking ship loca-
be made per IP, compared to industry norms
and opportunities to win welfare related prizes
tools to enable them to better manage call, data
tions and proactively monitor the status of sat-
which limit each IP to just one voice or data
continue to propel the number of visits and reg-
and streaming traffic expenses. The SingTel
ellite connectivity and network equipment
connection. Sing Tel uses SmartPacketTM com-
istrations to the site.
Commtroller delivers these functionalities,
onboard their vessels. Ship owners can be bet-
pression technology, which consumes 5kbps or
allowing shipping companies to take control of
ter updated on vessel status and key operation-
less to enable phone calls to be made with min-
traffic expenses while enjoying the convenience
al issue through on-demand reports and real-
of accessing on-demand satellite communica-
time alerts.
Connect also gives users their own voicemail,
Raising operational efficiency and
optimising costs through maritime
ICT applications
direct phone extensions, as well as three voice
To maximize business efficiencies, vessels func-
quality settings to manage costs.
tion as extended offices of the shipping compa-
imum bandwidth consumption and without
impacting web surfing or email. Multi-VoIP
CrewXchange screenshot (Photo: SingTel)
tions traffic information.
ly to seafarers, providing entertainment, social
mail, chat, web and voice traffic expenses.
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System (iNMS) allows maritime operators to
nies. Regular exchanges of operational data
between ship and shore are necessary for both
parties to be well aligned on information such
as shipping reports, journey progress and
approval procedures. In the offshore marine
sector, for instance, research vessels for the oil
and gas exploration industry generate large
amounts of data which need to be delivered via
the Internet to corporate networks for analysis
and decision making.
SingTel is helping operators reduce costs with
improved traffic management through the use
Proprietor to satellite, fibre and IP
infrastructure, SingTel owns 4 teleports
pointing to more than 30 satellites including
hot birds, and has an extensive terrestrial
network of 125 PoPs over 80 major cities.
(Photo: SingTel)
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Piracy threats still loom large over the maritime
located in countries shielded from natural disas-
sector, and major shipping operators are tap-
ters offer the advantage of availability and reli-
ping into advanced shipboard ICT to fortify the
ability. On top of that, satellite communications
safety of its crew and the security of its vessel
provided by operators with teleport backups will
operations. SingTel’s IP-based e-surveillance
offer resiliency on an infrastructural level.
solution is one such technology that is aimed at
helping ship owners protect their vessels by
From the angle of ease of management, an
enabling remote monitoring of vessel opera-
established network of end to end infrastructure
tions from their land offices through Internet or
from satellite, fibre to IP will help shipping com-
3G-enabled mobile devices. Armed with infor-
panies, especially those with a global or region-
mation regarding the status of their vessels,
al footprint, gain time savings . A single point of
maritime operators can now make quicker
contact and ownership for connectivity and
responses during emergencies or take pre-emp-
communications provisioning will bring the ben-
tive action in case of pirate activity.
efits of convenience and responsiveness to
change of business requirements and for fault
Asset tracking is another way of allowing mari-
management.
time firms to ensure that their crew and cargoes
SingTel’s ST-2 satellite covers the Middle East, Central Asia, Indian sub-continent, South East Asia and Mediterranean Sea for
both C-band and Ku-band. (Photo: SingTel)
are safe. Available through SingTel’s collabora-
From a resource standpoint, maintaining a pool
tion with GlobalStar Inc., SingTel AITrac helps
of IT resources to serve internal functions is a
network of more than 125 Points of Presence
Innovation Award in 2009, and a Top 20 ranking
maritime operators consistently track and man-
luxury for most companies. Especially for the
(PoPs) in over 80 major cities, supported by an
for Global Teleport Operators by World Teleport
age their assets, and provide notification when
maritime industry, where IT needs are split into
award winning IP VPN infrastructure (Connect-
Association in 2010.
the assets stray outside the coverage area via
niche shipboard technology and software tech-
Plus) for secured connectivity. SingTel supports
geo fencing alarms.
nology, it is even more challenging to provide
the maritime industry with professional services
While maritime firms have traditionally lagged
end to end internal IT support. To create sus-
including three 24x7 Network Operating
behind other industry segments in terms of
tainability in value added services rendered for
Centers, a global service center and global
technology adoption, there is a growing aware-
Provisioning for End to End
satellite communications, managed services
deployment services in major ports worldwide.
ness among today’s ship operators about the
From a larger perspective, providing effective
satellite communications services with round
The maritime and communications industries
vices can bring. SingTel’s close collaboration
satellite communications go beyond the scope
the clock Network Operating Centers, Helpdesk,
have consistently recognised SingTel's technical
with key players across the entire industry in
of offering options for uplinks and downlinks
and integrated vessel network management
superiority and leadership in maritime ICT.
the development of shipboard ICT is creating a
and the ability to value add with Maritime spe-
systems can offer targeted expertise to proac-
Industry awards the company have garnered in
future where vessels can always rely on
cific services. There are fundamental factors
tively monitor and troubleshoot connectivity
recent years include the SeaTrade Asia
advanced maritime communications to operate
like communications infrastructure, geographi-
concerns to ensure availability.
Technical Innovation Award in 2010, Lloyd’s List
efficiently, cost-effectively and securely.
can alleviate operational IT concerns. Effective
advantages that advanced communications ser-
cal location and professional services that are
key to support uninterrupted services, availabili-
As one of Asia’s leading satellite communica-
ty, and quick turnaround time.
tions and ICT provider, SingTel, strategically
Titus Yong is the Vice President of SingTel Satellite since 2006. He has held various
located in Singapore, offers operational advan-
senior positions in the ICT industry over 18 years, including Senior Director of Corporate
Ship to shore communications can be on-
tage with the ownership of 4 teleports pointing
Business Marketing and COO for Managed Hosting business unit in SingTel, and Director
demand; however, satellite connectivity must be
to more than 30 satellites including hot-birds.
of Business Marketing and Product Management for Optus based out of Sydney. His
always available. For a satellite communica-
With almost fully sold capacity in its second
achievements include a successfully implemented pan-Asia network of data centers, IP
tions provider to deliver uninterrupted services,
satellite, ST-2, launched in May 2011, it has
convergence and SME solutions investment championing and securing of key govern-
it needs to also mitigate natural calamities and
plans to launch its third satellite next year. In
power outages. Earth stations strategically
addition, SingTel has an extensive terrestrial
ment and enterprise contracts. Titus holds an Honours Degree in Electrical & Electronic
Engineering from the National University of Singapore, specializing in Communication Technology.
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FEATURESⅣ
KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband
Service
Vivian Quenet, Vice President, Sales, Asia-Pacific Region, KVH
popularity among commercial mariners by offer-
Why are ship operators choosing
broadband, and why now?
ing a valuable combination of benefits from a
Mariners are bringing broadband connections
single provider
onboard every day, to support business opera-
KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband service gaining
tions, crew morale, and retention efforts, and
The demand for broadband at sea is really no
ever-changing regulatory and reporting require-
different than the demand for broadband on
ments. The commercial maritime industry, one
shore. The difficulty has always been that the
of the world’s most expansive business chan-
cost of data communication at sea has been so
nels, is looking for ways to improve efficiency
expensive that mariners have spent most of
and cut costs just like every other business
their time trying to figure out how not to use it.
dealing with the current global economy.
Modern communication services and especially
KVH’s TracPhone V7 satellite
communications system in use aboard a
U.S. Coast Guard cutter (Photo: KVH)
VSAT have finally provided affordable broad-
Almost every aspect of operations on board a
band connections at sea, and ship owners and
vessel can be managed more efficiently when
ship management companies are jumping at the
they are connected to the company's business
opportunity to harness the productivity of
network. For operations, real-time navigation
onboard networks to drive profitability.
information and weather reports can help a vessel captain select more efficient routes, result-
In addition to existing satellite communications
ing in shorter voyages and significantly less fuel
users on large vessels increasing their data use,
consumption. Administrative tasks can be han-
smaller vessels are now starting to deploy broad-
dled from centralized locations as opposed to
band satellite services, as well. Advancements in
being performed by personnel on board the ves-
small broadband satellite technology like KVH's
sel. Maintenance and support services for
mini-VSAT Broadband service and TracPhone®
onboard equipment or IT systems can be provid-
V-series antennas are enabling vessels as small
ed remotely from centralized groups of experts
as 30 feet to bring the advantages of broadband
working with onboard technicians. If there is a
service onboard.
breakdown, video conferencing can be used to
SM
enable the onboard technician to show the
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With low barriers for entry for “virtual network
operators”, many of these service providers
migrate between the lowest-cost services available, with little to no incentive to invest in network infrastructure or commercial-grade hardware development.
In contrast, the mini-VSAT Broadband network
was designed from the ground up to be a unified, global maritime satellite communications
solution. KVH identified the challenges of older
KVH’s TracPhone V7 and V3 (Photo: KVH)
KVH’s TracPhone V7 (Photo: KVH)
solutions and set out to create a radically new
KVH’s TracPhone V3 (Photo: KVH)
hardware and service combination that would
problem to an onshore expert, offering the pos-
tion to support recruiting and crew retention
provide mariners with compact, low-cost, easy-
and support all coming from the same provider
sibility of remote diagnostics and assuring that
efforts, because a connection to home is an
to-use connections that would help their busi-
– KVH. This concept eliminates the frustration
the appropriate repair parts are available when
important benefit to crew members. Since this
nesses succeed.
of other services, which piece together an
their ship reaches port. Hundreds of different
kind of connection can be provided easily and at
aspects of the vessel’s performance can be
a very low cost with a TracPhone V7 or V3, this
KVH teamed with satellite technology partner
ware from another, and service from yet anoth-
monitored remotely and optimized for improved
essential benefit can be offered without risk to
ViaSat to design the mini-VSAT broadband net-
er, creating a nightmare if something goes
performance, again resulting in greater fuel effi-
the ship’s bottom line.
antenna from one provider, below-decks hard-
work. Built on a foundation of advanced spread-
wrong. For mini-VSAT Broadband providers, the
ciency and reduced emissions. Security manag-
spectrum technology, the global network uses
equipment comes from one place, is installed by
ers can monitor the real-time positions of the
the kind of small, affordable hardware typical of
one of KVH’s hundreds of factory-certified tech-
Inmarsat, and delivers the fast, low cost broad-
nicians in ports around the globe, and is then
band service typical of VSAT solutions. A vari-
activated by KVH. If a question arises, there’s
ety of metered and fixed-rate airtime plans are
no question about who to call. The benefits of a
input on hazardous areas with recent reports of
What’s so different about VSAT
solutions, particularly the ones that
have been introduced in the past 5
years?
available to meet the requirements of any appli-
unified solution provide valuable convenience at
pirates or terrorists. Finally, requirements of
Historically, the satellite communication solu-
cation and the constraints of any budget. As an
every stage, from purchase decision to installa-
maritime labor conventions for improving the
tions available have been impractical, due to
example, an entry level metered airtime pro-
tion to maintenance.
communications and entertainment services
hardware size, airtime cost, or both, for a large
gram offers 50 MB of data for only $49 per
offered to crew members can be delivered over
number of commercial mariners. The popular
month. This works out to only $.99 per mega-
An additional benefit of this unified, single-pro-
broadband networks.
Inmarsat service was globally available and
byte. Voice calls to either land phones or cell
vider solution is that KVH designs all of the
offered small, affordable hardware, but the ser-
phones anywhere in the world are only $.49 per
TracPhone V-series hardware. Following the
Applications of particular importance are those
vice was limited to 432 Kbps, and it was very
minute. Packages designed specifically for the
introduction of the network and the TracPhone
that support regulatory compliance (electronic
expensive. Maritime VSAT (Very Small Aperture
commercial market are also available -- for
V7 antenna in July, 2007, KVH developed the
filing of paperwork for programs like ECDIS),
Terminal) adapted a service designed for use on
example, a customer spending just under $2000
compact, 14.5" TracPhone V3 in 2011. The
remote monitoring of engines and other sys-
land to provide fast, low-cost broadband con-
per month can select a package that includes
TracPhone V3 brought reliable broadband to an
tems, as well as IT systems, and affordable,
nectivity at sea. Unfortunately, the equipment
both the lease charge for a TracPhone V7 anten-
entire population of mariners for whom it had
always-on connectivity to support business effi-
needed to deliver the VSAT service was very
na and a fixed-rate mini-VSAT broadband air-
never been practical, because the system is
ciency, including sending large files. Solutions
large and prohibitively expensive.
time plan.
compact enough to work on fishing boats, small
vessels in their fleets, communicate with government forces deployed to protect commercial
shipping, and review planned routes to provide
like mini-VSAT Broadband can be easily inte-
supply vessels, and other vessels as small as
grated with a ship operator’s corporate IT struc-
In addition, the maritime VSAT market is highly
The mini-VSAT Broadband service offers an
30'. The system was well-received and is gain-
ture to support these functions. Many mariners
fragmented, with more than 75 providers offer-
additional, one-of-a-kind benefit in that it is a
ing popularity, even as KVH began work on its
also utilize the mini-VSAT Broadband connec-
ing service via a variety of hardware solutions.
single, unified solution, with hardware, service,
next development.
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In February, 2012, KVH introduced the 1-meter
ability to competing hardware and software-only
crew members, or allow the crew to use the crew
TracPhone V11 antenna in conjunction with a
solutions. This is achieved using CommBox’s
calling phone to buy minutes directly from KVH
major upgrade to the mini-VSAT Broadband net-
many features, which include web and data com-
using their credit card.
and ensure reliable, high-quality service.
A scalable, customizable solution
for every application
pression and optimization to increase network
specifically to work with a new C-band overlay
to the Ku-band network, expanding the cover-
The mini-VSAT Broadband network is an ideal
departments; integrated e-mail, web compres-
Covering key global markets
age area to 75°N and 70°S latitude, or 95% of
channel for running interactive ship-to-shore
sion, firewalls, and security; and least cost rout-
Of course, the maritime business is a global
the Earth’s surface. The TracPhone V11 is the
applications. The network is very fast, with data
ing and bandwidth management for multiple
one, and communications services need to be
first next-generation global VSAT network using
speeds as fast as 2 Mbps from shore to ship
communication systems and/or carriers.
available where they are needed in order to be
a single, relatively small antenna to provide off-
and 1 Mbps from ship to shore. It also has very
shore connectivity to vessels almost anywhere
low latency and very low jitter, which are impor-
CommBox is fully customizable, offering fleet oper-
expansion plan for the mini-VSAT Broadband
they travel, including all of the world’s major
tant considerations in the quality of data com-
ators the choice of a private or KVH-managed hub,
network in 2011, bringing service online along
shipping routes, offshore oil fields, and com-
munications. The mini-VSAT Broadband network
along with five distinct software modules that can
almost all of the world’s major shipping routes
mercial fishing grounds. It uses a single, stabi-
has a proven track record of more than three
be packaged in any configuration so that operators
and fishing grounds. This was followed in
lized antenna with a unique dual-band transmit
years of operation and is now delivering more
only need to purchase the functionality they plan
February, 2012, with the announcement of a
and receive capability to seamlessly switch
than 100 terabytes of data per year with a net-
to use.
C-band overlay for the network that extends
between the mini-VSAT Broadband network’s
work reliability rate of better than 99.5%. This
global C- and Ku-band satellite coverage, pro-
quality is most critical for large shipping compa-
The mini-VSAT Broadband service’s affordable
with the exception of the extreme polar regions)
viding the same high-quality voice and broad-
nies like Nordic Tankers that need to track mul-
rate plans make it easy to allow crew Internet
for TracPhone V11 users. Best of all, service is
band data services regardless of the type of sat-
tiple vessels during long voyages, and defense
and e-mail use with minimal affect on the ship’s
seamless throughout the single- or dual-band
ellite connection.
organizations like the U.S. Coast Guard, which
bottom line. For operators utilizing the CommBox
mini-VSAT Broadband coverage areas, so mari-
adopted the TracPhone V7 and mini-VSAT
Ship/Shore Network Manager, the QuickCrew™
ners can rely on a solid connection even as they
Broadband for more than 200 of its cutters.
software module offers more control, with roam-
travel from port to port.
work. The new dual-band system was designed
Further, because KVH manages the mini-VSAT
capacity; remote PC management for customer IT
successful. KVH completed the original global
coverage even further (blanketing the globe
ing crew e-mail accounts and pre-paid e-mail and
Broadband network with its partner, ViaSat, ves-
KVH is also invested in supporting major mari-
sels, weather conditions, and other factors can
For owners and operators like these, with multi-
be tracked in real time, and adjustments can be
ple vessels to keep track of, fleet management
made to ensure optimal service for all subscrib-
software is the go-to tool for tracking ship and
KVH also offers the Crew Calling Gateway, an
2011, the company opened headquarters in
ers. KVH employees monitor the mini-VSAT
fleet data. KVH’s CommBox™ Ship/Shore
easy-to-manage solution specifically for crew tele-
Singapore. This office ensures a local point of
Broadband Network Operations Center (NOC) 24
Network Manager is a perfect choice for these
phone use. This option features a dedicated voice
contact and local-language services to partners
hours a day, 7 days a week to support customers
operations, offering superior flexibility and reli-
line just for crew members, which can be hooked
and customers throughout the key Asia-Pacific
up to any telephone onboard. Management of this
region. In addition to headquarters in Singapore
feature couldn’t be simpler – fleet operators can
and Denmark, KVH also operates a local office
choose to purchase pre-paid calling cards from
in Norway, with offices planned for Japan and
KVH in $25 or $100 increments and resell them to
South America in the near future.
KVH’s dual-band TracPhone V11 and C/Ku-band mini-VSAT Broadband coverage map (Photo: KVH)
KVH’s TracPhone V7 in use aboard a Vroon tanker
Internet access.
time markets around the world. In October,
Vivian Quenet is KVH’s Vice President of Sales for the Asia-Pacific region. He previously served as director, Asia-Pacific for mobile satellite communications provider Vizada
and as a corporate sales manager for Bouygues Telecom Enterprises. Quenet holds a
degree in Marketing and International Sales from the University of Toulon & Var in
France and speaks fluent French, English, and German.
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INTERVIEW
Q1•2012
Interview with Nikolay Testoedov,
General Designer & General Director,
ISS-Reshetnev
The world satellite market is known for fierce competition. What do you do to enforce the ISS position
at the market? What countries do you consider as
potential customers?
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manufactured solar array panels for satellites ELECTRO-L and
SPECTR-UF created by the Lavochkin Company. This is not just an
object of labour, as we have very extensive amount of work to do
over the nearest years. The point is that different satellites impose
different requirements which in turn require different designs which
Currently, our achievements at the international market are first
we then employ for our own use. Pragmatically speaking, we have
stipulated by strategic foresight of the Russian Federal Space
an opportunity to develop various modifications of separate assem-
Agency which financed creating of new perspective satellite buses
blies and mechanisms to be then employed in our products, for the
of medium and heavy classes. Thanks to these developments based
money appropriated for other projects.
on long-time experience of JSC ISS and on the quality system
adopted at the Company, we were capable of entering the international market with confidence.
It goes without saying that the current situation is such that, as a
The enterprise headed by you pursues the innovation strategy course. Please provide some more
details on the point.
proverb says, “you need to scat to keep aflat”. We constantly evolve
relations with our potential customers. We understand for sure that
I would like to recall that the simplest and most understandable def-
nobody will welcome us at the markets of Europe, America and
inition of the word “innovation” is “to convert knowledge to
China as they are developing their productions and create their own
money”. While considering the company’s development process dur-
The JSC “M.F. Reshetnev “Information satellite systems” is one of the world leaders in cre-
working areas. However, there are other countries, such as coun-
ing the last five years, it is necessary to highlight that today we
ating communications, navigation and geodetic satellites. Company offers the hi-tech com-
tries of Latin America, Africa, Arab countries, and Indo-Chinese
have practically exhausted extensive methods of the Company’s pro-
petitive products at the market, that is acknowledged with winning the international tenders
countries. They already have real needs in satellite services to be
duction cycle. That is, we have implemented the maximum opera-
and concluding international contracts.
procured from western suppliers, and moreover they have reached
tion rate currently achievable, including overtime work during week-
such a level of national self-consciousness which requires having
ends and days-off, maximum possible machine utilization. However,
The General designer and general director of JSC ISS, Nikolay Testoedov is confident that
their own products including domestic information networks, televi-
such an approach has its own limitations. As a result, today we
designing of new spacecraft shall not be limited with improving of their technical perfor-
sions systems, etc. Today, these countries are rather customers than
manifest the intensive production methods.
mances only. The intensive way of development shall be selected which finally will allow
purchasers of services from countries of Western Europe and the
creating products capable of providing users with new-quality services. In his interview, Mr.
United States. We consider them to be of first priority among our
The most evident approach is purchase of high-performance equip-
Testoedov provides details of tendencies in the advanced satellite-building field, and keys of
potential customers; that is why currently we are manufacturing
ment, computerization of all production cycles and implementation
the Company success.
satellites for Israel, Indonesia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
of electronic circulation of documents. This is our permanent target.
Use of advanced software to perform computations, analyses, estimations, monitoring at various stages of spacecraft production
The sequence of satellite production adopted by ISS
starts with designing stage and goes through up to
in-orbit control of satellites. And what about commercial promotion of complete satellites and, in
particular, separate achievements?
cycles, employment of elements with higher integration levels
mostly, qualitative measures including mastering of Ka-band frequencies, developing new large-scale
Today, it has no sense and it is economically inefficient for each
The most important is new quality. For example, it is not an innova-
antennas, increasing satellite power capabilities.
enterprise to keep the complete sequence of all satellite production
tive approach for our company to procure a machine with a process-
stages thus it makes a specialization preferable. Roscosmos realizes
ing speed of 30,000 rpm. However, when this machine is used to
Today, the main strategic task of the Company in terms of spacecraft production is creating payloads
this tendency in establishing industrial centers. We believe it cor-
process not ordinary details but honeycomb structures which cannot
of our own. We gradually implement “import substitution” and increase portion of our own works in
rect to be involved in creating not only complete satellites but also
be processed using a machine with less processing speed, then
each new contract.
individual components, assemblies and systems. For example, we
some innovation features are evident because in this case we have
What is the current strategy of the ISS development?
The current tasks of the Company include rather development and manufacturing of new class satellites than just increase of the production volumes. We have already created perspective and competi-
which means that these elements are simpler externally but more
complicated internally (from kitting-up point of view), unification of
designs – all these processes are innovative to some extent though
they are also extensive ones.
tive satellite buses EXPRESS-1000 and EXPRESS-2000, and continue improving quantitative and,
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new quality allowing to implement manufacturing of new structures.
At the end of day, a satellite has new characteristics.
Being the top manager of a big company, are you
confident in stability and success of your company
for next years?
For sure, I am. This confidence is based on multiple factors.
Historically, it is based on the fact that many years ago M.F. Reshetnev
founded a scientific production association with a design bureau playTELKOM-3 satellite in the assembly workshop (Photo: ISS)
ing the leading role. Such organization appeared to be very viable, in
particular, under the difficult conditions of the last several years when
only enterprises with complete products managed to survive.
The decision made many years ago to establish the closed cycle of
ground experimental testing of spacecraft was very important for us.
Today, the JSC ISS is the only Russian company whose satellites are
transported nowhere but to launch sites, because we are capable of
carrying out all types of tests.
Our Company has very good production capabilities, quality assurance system, high skilled specialists. We know that we are independent in terms of tests, costs of production elements, etc. This is our
Adjustment of large-scale folded antennas of the LOUTCH-5A satellite (Photo: ISS)
confidence of today.
Confidence of tomorrow is the deserved role in the Russian longterm strategic federal programs such as the Federal Space Program,
Federal Targeted Program “Global navigation system”, State arms
program; as well as involvement in programs of the Ministry of
Telecom & Mass Communications, and other ministries and agencies. As a result, we are sure in the directions of further development of our company, performances of satellites to be created and
our production volumes.
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France in Russia, Mr. Jean de
Gliniasty, in the assembly workshop (Photo: ISS)
Nikolay Testoedov, the doctor of engineering, professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was born in 1951. He graduated from the
Leningrad Mechanical Institute with a specialty of mechanical engineer. In 1974-1998, he worked at Reshetnev NPO-PM (now JSC ISS) as an engineer, then as a head
of department. In 2006, appointed as a head of the Reshetnev Company, which is the leading Russian company in manufacturing communications, navigation and geodetic satellites.
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FOCUS ASIA
Q1•2012
EO in Asia: Government Awake –
Private Sector Awakening
Stéphane Gounari, Analyst, Northern Sky Research (NSR)
ernments and military organizations. Overall,
deep knowledge of local actors and environ-
commercial EO satellite operators are reporting
mental conditions (crops and agriculture meth-
data revenues coming at more than 75% from
ods, geomorphology, forest inventory), they are
these customers.
somewhat shielded from competing larger oper-
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ators and data resellers.
The biggest contract in EO is “Enhanced View”
from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA). It started in 2010 and will last for
Asia – EO Consumer, not a Producer
10 years with a total value of more than $7.5 bil-
NSR estimates the Asian EO market (data and
lion for the delivery of EO data (imagery), VAS and
VAS) reached approximately $200 million in
contributions to the construction of a satellite.
2010 and is closing in on the European EO mar-
Global Optical EO Data
Revenues By Region, 2010
Latin America 4%
ket (approx. $250 million). The demand for data
When assessing EO, it is traditional to separate
in the region is increasing, driven by applica-
resolution into high, medium, and low and
tions such as defense and intelligence, agricul-
instruments in either optical or radar. The opti-
ture, urbanization, natural resources monitoring
and disaster monitoring.
The Asian Earth Observation (EO) sector is
events such as India’s change of its EO regula-
cal segment represents the vast majority of rev-
marked by strong governmental and military
tions and the acquisition by a Chinese company
enues, and there is an ongoing race towards the
presence. Major scientific, weather monitoring
of an accumulated 21 years of 1m optical imag-
higher resolution. The sub-meter optical imag-
If imagery from several Indian, South Korean,
and military programs, conducted independently
ery are signs that government and military
ery market represented around 60% of the total
Singaporean, Chinese and Japanese (until
or in partnership with other space agencies,
approaches are being supplemented by more
market in 2010.
recently), satellites is available on the market,
enabled the development of a strong base of
market driven approaches.
this is more part of a “cost-offsetting” strategy
Procurement of an EO satellite being capital
than of a real commercial approach. There is
local commercial set of players.
intensive and thus requiring strong financial
currently no fully private Asian EO satellite
backing, the EO data market is markedly con-
operator. Consequently, satellites are built for
The demand for EO products is strong in the
World EO Market - Technology and
Defense Driven
centrated. Three satellites operators possess
the countries’ governmental needs, and com-
Asian market, which was the third largest mar-
Worldwide, the satellite-based EO sector is divid-
more than 70% of the market: GeoEye (USA),
mercialization of their data is not the primary
ket in the globe in 2010 close behind the 2nd-
ed into two main parts: commercial, and the gov-
DigitalGlobe (USA) and Astrium GIS (Europe).
focus. Their reseller network to access world-
place European EO market. It is currently non-
ernment/military. For the commercial market, it is
However, thanks to a trend that NSR identified
wide markets is small compared to private
Asian companies such as Astrium GIS, GeoEye
made up of organizations offering EO data and/or
as the commoditization of EO satellites, new
actors. This translates into a very low share of
and DigitalGlobe that play a significant role.
value-added-services (VAS) on an open market.
private companies are entering the market with
Asian EO satellite operators in the global EO
However, this dynamic is changing, and recent
On the other hand, the governmental and military
affordable satellites offering imagery with an
data revenues market, be it for optical (as
part of the sector consists of EO satellites whose
always better resolution, which will help them
shown below) or radar (roughly same market
data is not offered in the market.
gain some of the major players’ market share.
share).
The worldwide EO market shows constant
Further down the chain, the VAS market is frag-
Following the lack of Asian commercial EO sat-
growth year-after-year. In 2010, it reached an
mented, full of many small SMEs with about 10
ellite operators, most of the revenues in the
estimated $900 million for data and $1.2B for
to 20 employees. EO satellite operators also
Asian market go to non-Asian companies.
value-added-services (VAS). While private com-
offer VAS but represent only 20% of the down-
Astrium GIS has a large share of the Asia mar-
pany results for the full year 2011 are not
stream market. VAS companies are traditionally
ket and is estimated to capture almost 40% of
released yet, the first three quarters were very
very “local”, having an expertise in their vicinity,
EO data revenues from the region. The two oth-
promising.
which is a key differentiator and a core offering
ers “majors”, GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, are esti-
(often a specialization in a vertical market such
mated to have less than 20% of the Asian EO
as agriculture, mining, oil and gas). Coupled to a
data market altogether.
The market is largely driven by orders from gov-
Middle East and
Africa 8%
North America 65%
Asia 3%
Source: NSR
skills and manufacturing, but not yet a strong
Global EO Data and VAS Revenues, 2010-2020
Europe 20%
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However, it has to be noted that 27% of the
imaging capacity for 7 years. 21AT will re-sell
These changes have to be put in relation to the
International Ties
Asian EO data revenues are captured by a group
this imagery, either directly or have it integrated
situation of Asian VAS companies, which is more
The strength in international cooperation and
of smaller operators, which include the Korea
in value-added products for their clients in
difficult to assess especially as VAS companies
partnerships in the EO sector echoes the
Aerospace Research Institute and the National
China. This ‘anchor-tenant’ model, applied
are traditionally focused on their home market.
strength of international relations between
Space Organization (Taiwan).
mostly to government customers’ purchase of
Nonetheless, initiatives such as that created by
countries. India, Japan, South Korea and
commercial EO data, means 21AT will not be an
local Google-Earth in China and India added to
Taiwan, for example, have strong and long
One important difference between Asian and
EO satellite operator “per-se” but “as-if”, mean-
numerous contracts for providing EO data to
standing relations with Western countries in
Western EO sector is the approach to meet the
ing that it will act as such for its main customer,
Asian VAS companies such as EastDawn and
building, operating and financing EO satellites.
needs of the defense and Intelligence (D&I) sec-
the Chinese government
Asian location-based-services companies such as
Some examples are:
tor. Western countries “externalized” some of
Asia Market Share by
EO Operator, 2010
ImageSat 6%
Antrix/ISRO 4%
MDA GSI 6%
Others 27%
Astrium GIS 39%
DigitalGlobe 9%
GeoEye 9%
Source: NSR
China Mobile, YF International and Hazens are
•Megha-Tropiques, focused on the analy-
their needs to the private sector, accelerating
India has for a long time had a commercializa-
signs of a healthy and dynamic VAS industry in
its development. Asian governments have not
tion policy for its EO satellites motivated by a
the region.
yet reached the same conclusions and still gath-
cost offsetting structure. The model they used
tropical area, was launched in 2011 is a
er data from their own spacecrafts.
called for Antrix Corporation to be in charge of
result of a collaboration between ISRO and
sis of water and energy cycles of the inter-
selling EO data from ISRO’s satellites on the
Big Government
CNES (French Space Agency). France built
global market. However in 2011 a report from
If the commercial Asian EO sector is not yet as
the spacecraft and India launched it.
A Tide is Coming
the Indian Government’s “Comptroller and
developed as it could be, it is not the case in
•FORMOSAT-3, a constellation of 6 micro-
While there is no real Asian commercial EO sat-
Auditor General” put ISRO and Antrix EO activi-
the government and military segment. Asian
satellites aimed at collecting atmospheric
ellite operator in view, there are however signs
ties into the spotlight. Besides showing under-
government and military organizations are very
data for weather prediction and for iono-
of change.
use of ISRO’s EO fleet of imaging satellites and
dynamic with many scientific, meteorology and
sphere, climate and gravity research, was
operational expenditures not recovered by sales
defense programs. This was very well exempli-
launched in 2004. It was the result of collab-
Beijing-based Twenty First Century Aerospace
of data, this report examined the EO data reve-
fied by China’s white paper released in early
oration between NSPO from Taiwan and the
Technology Company Ltd. (21AT) is a reseller of
nues from both Indian and international custom-
2012 calling for a “24-hour continuous, high-
U.S. based University Corporation for
EO imagery for many years now. It has been
ers and noticed poor results. Following this
resolution surveillance of the Earth”.
Atmospheric Research. It will be followed by
selling imagery from Beijing-1 to the Chinese
report, India had to change parts of its EO poli-
government (mostly) for traditional applications
cies.
such as agriculture, forestry, urban develop-
FORMOSAT-7, a constellation of 12 microsatNSR estimates that approximately one-third of
ellites to be launched in 2014 and 2017. The
the EO satellites launched globally in the next
project will be a collaborative project
ment, desertification, monitoring of natural
Among other changes, it decreased the maxi-
10 years will come from Asia. This represents
between NSPO and the U.S. National
resources as well as for earthquake related
mum resolution down to 1m (was 5.8m) and
approximately 100 new satellites over 10 years.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
applications (Beijing-1 imagery proved vital dur-
opened the acquisition of imagery with a 1m or
Half of those will come from government and
ing 2008’s Sichuan earthquake for assessing
a lowest resolution, from an Indian satellite to
military programs of the 3 main Asian EO coun-
damage).
any foreign or local organization. Such a change
tries: China, India and Japan. The other nations
of regulation should spur the Indian market as
with serious ambitions are South Korea,
In 2011, 21AT contracted the UK-based DMCii
more applications are available with 1 meter
Vietnam, Pakistan, Singapore and Indonesia.
for a $170M contract for the supply of imagery
imagery.
from three 1-meter resolution satellites. Built
China’s meteorological program, for example,
by a manufacturer based in the UK (SSTL), and
Also in Asia, South Korea will launch its
shows high ambitions with a LEO and a GEO
with launches expected for 2014-2015, these
Kompsat-3 satellite in 2012, which will offer 0.8
segment that calls for more than 20 satellites to
satellites will be operated by DMCii and are
meter resolution optical imagery on the market
be launched before 2025. India’s and Japan’s
fully financed and dedicated to 21AT during
(even if commercialization may not be the main
meteorological programs (based on GEO satel-
their expected 7-year lifetime. In fact, if 21AT
focus) and will therefore be the first Asian satellite
lites) are also to be noted, as well as South
will not own the three satellites (mainly for
with sub-meter imagery commercially available.
Korea’s recent one.
technology-transfer reasons), it will acquire its
Cumulative and New EO Satellites, Asia, 2010-2020
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•GPM-core, expected to launch in 2013, is
ing done by Thales Alenia Space.
a collaborative project between Japan’s
space agency JAXA and NASA aimed at the
But not all Asian manufacturers are controlled
measurement of rain from space. It is a fol-
by governments. Japan’s NEC Corporation, for
low-on of TRMM launched in 1997.
example, won in 2011 a contract to provide
•China is also deeply involved in internation-
Vietnam with two 500kg radar satellites, sign-
al collaboration. A good example is the
ing its first export contract. However, South
CBERS program, done in collaboration with
Korea’s Satrec Initiative is maybe the most
Brazil. Three satellites have been launched
active into the global EO satellite manufacturing
under this program since 1997; the fourth
market. It developed two EO satellites for the
one is expected for 2012-2013. Another
United Arab Emirates, one launched in-orbit in
example is the China-France CFOSAT, devot-
2009, the other one soon to be launched. It is
ed to the monitoring of the ocean surface
also assisting Turkey in developing Göktürk-2
wind and wave and planned for launch in
and the Spanish-based Elecnor-Deimos in man-
2014-2015.
ufacturing Deimos-2.
Local Craft
Bottom Line
Similarly, the Asian satellite manufacturing sec-
The Asian EO market is reaching the point
tor is very much oriented to meet the needs of
where the growth of private satellite operators
government and military oriented users, and the
becomes possible. Supplementing the govern-
main manufacturers are national organizations.
mental and military orders, local private satel-
Asian EO satellite manufacturers’ skills are in
lite operators could drive the use of EO applica-
line with their investment in the space sector.
tions in Asia, answering the needs of the local
Overall, when their skills are not comparable to
markets and addressing other regions’ needs by
Western manufacturers, they catch up through
exporting their products and selling their data.
collaboration and technology transfer programs
Western EO private players are heavily depen-
This article is an
to develop local skills and their industrial base.
dent of the governmental and military orders,
excerpt from a recent NSR report
A good example of such collaboration is South
and this recipe may also work in Asia. The main
entitled Global Satellite-Based Earth
Korea’s Kompsat-5, a radar satellite to be
question will be if Asian governments are ready
Observation, 3rd Edition.
launched in 2012 offering 1 meter resolution
and willing to entrust their private companies
Complete information can be found at
imagery (best radar resolution currently avail-
with the same level of orders and the same kind
www.nsr.com
able on the market) that was developed and
of applications.
managed by KARI with part of the manufactur-
Stéphane Gounari is an Analyst at Northern Sky Research (NSR), where he provides quantitative modeling, research, data verification, market analysis and forecasting
for the satellite earth observation, satellite launch and manufacturing, and government
and military communications sectors. He holds a M.Sc. of Space Management from the
International Space University and a Master in Risk Management from Marne-La-Vallée
(Paris) business school.
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SATELLITE TRENDS
Q1•2012
Markets, Applications, Directions –
Asia Pacific’s Golden Satellite Era
Richard T. Kusiolek, Managing Director, TransGlobalNet LLC
and 2.8%, the EU at 1.6% and 1.6% respectively. Kopin Tan recently
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Applications
wrote in 2012 that “China begins the second year of the Communist
Party’s five-year plan, an exhaustive blueprint that aims to transform
Internet Driving Growth
Earth’s factory into a more balanced economy with better living
The Internet has transformed the World and the Satellite Industry as
standards, domestic spending, next-generation technology, cleaner
well. Asia Pacific certainly will need a 21st Century communication
energy and advanced manufacturing…sales and margins continue
infrastructure to grow economically. Many Asian Pacific nations
to expand thanks to orders from emerging markets…” The conclu-
have huge rural areas that require an extensive investment in inter-
sion from the experts was that China will be investing heavily in
net land based networks, however, expanding internet technology
infrastructure and that will benefit Asia Pacific’s Satellite Industry.
for satellite platforms, software, and useful applications will be a
powerful incentive to expand their Internet access by flexible satellite networks. William Wade, President and Chief Executive Officer
Markets
the Global and Asia Pacific’s Satellite Industry,
Japan
of AsiaSat said that “about 35 percent of our business is this data-
but questions still remain.
The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan shook world
type broadband connectivity-type activity, as opposed to video. And
Growing Economic Surge
financial markets and disrupted important global supply chains. Mr.
I think, for the foreseeable future, that will continue to be a key driv-
Northern Sky’s Research 2012 reported that the
Mitsutoshi Akao, General Manager, Global & Mobile Business
er for our development as there is so much that is still underserved
Division, Space & Satellite Business Group SKY Perfect JSAT
in Asia, I think we have a fairly good future. Still we realize that the
worth collectively over $250 billion USD from
The Outlook for Selected Economies
and Markets
Corporation talked that “GDP in some Asian countries is growing at
terrestrial networks will fill in the gaps. We already have a strategy
2012 to 2027. NSR expects over 1,600 satellites
The Asia Pacific (AP) region consists of countries
a rate that is outpacing other regions of the world. This growth will
in place to develop our satellites, and to look at beams and cover-
to be launched by 2025. The US Satellite Industry
such as Australia, People’s Republic of China,
expand the market population for those looking for the DTH experi-
age for some of these emerging markets and applications that we
Association (SIA) report concluded, “World
Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Japan, South
ence. JSAT plans to launch JCSAT-13 in 2012 to meet this demand
see on the horizon.”
Satellite Revenues were $ 161 billion in 2009,
Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore,
in the Indonesia market. In addition, there are several new satellites
and since 2004 showed a steady 11.7% growth.
Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines and Vietnam. India
planned for the Asia region which will allow replacements for cur-
Will the use of the Internet to view television growing in Asia
and Russia are sometimes included in this
rent satellite assets and will provide new expansion opportunities in
Pacific? Harms, stated that “IPTV demand Television delivered by
region. The population in (AP) is more than 3.6
markets where further DTH growth is expected.”
internet is definitely on the rise and we expect that to continue.
global satellite industry should launch satellites
Realities
billion. China, India and developing countries will
There is such a proliferation of digital content around the world that
Research by Satellite Industry Association (SIA)
continue to drive global economic recovery with
demands for both satellite and terrestrial infrastructure will contin-
revealed that “the U.S. satellite industry was in
strong output growth in developing countries and
India
a slow downturn shedding 12,219 jobs, or 4.6%,
a weaker performance in developed economies.
India hopes to
linked to the global economic downturn.” The
These economic realities in Asia Pacific are driv-
launch by June
February 7, 2012 Aerospace Industries
ing all market sectors, but you must begin with
2012, its heavy
population density, the business case for satellite is strong for a
Association Report on US commercial satellite
any overview on the powerful economic dragon;
Geosynchronous
variety of applications including direct-to-home video and broad-
manufacturers from 1999 to 2009, indicated
namely, China.
Satellite Launch
band solutions.” William Wade acknowledged that “IPTV has had a
that the US share of global commercial-satellite
Vehicle Mark III
little bit of a slow start in many parts of Asia, although it’s gaining
sales fell by 50%, or one of three large satel-
(GSLV-Mk III) ,
momentum in places like China and Japan. It’s very well-established
China
which will give
here in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and in those areas that
lites delivered.
ue to grow. Ultimately we think that satellite capacity will be inteJCSAT-13
(Photo: SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation)
grated with fiber and cable networks to provide integrated solutions
that meet the market requirements. Of course in areas with low
China, like the current governments of the U.S.
ISRO the confidence in launching heavier communication satellites
have good fiber connections, and the population density is very
Since 2008, the EU and the U.S. have been in a
and the European Union (EU), adheres to a
of the Insat-4 class, which weigh 4,500-5,000kg (10,000-11,000 lb.).
high. Some of the major cities in China are installing IPTV systems,
“debt driven economic free-fall” in which they
Keynesian command and control economy. In
If successful, the rocket also would enhance India’s ability to be a
and those seem to be picking up momentum and growing at a fairly
are not expected to recover well passed 2015.
2011, China’s GDP grew at 9.2% and currently it
competitive player in the multimillion-dollar commercial launch mar-
good rate. China has significant restrictions on satellite distribution
However, despite a worldwide economic slow-
is at a steady 8.4% growth. China’s growth tar-
ket, providing launch capability for geostationary Earth, low Earth,
and use in China. Therefore, IPTV is a pretty strong growth option
down, overall Asia Pacific’s Satellite Industry
get in the next five years was set at 7%. As a
polar and intermediate circular orbits. ISRO also is preparing 2012
there that the government is looking at, because they feel that they
sectors are expected to see revenues expand
comparison, the U.S. “had been projected” in
launches of GSAT-10, GSAT-7, and GSAT-14, which will fly on
have more control over it than they do for DTH or some of the other
considerably. This is a key moment in history for
2011 at 2.6% and in 2012 2.8%, Japan at 0.7%
GSLV-D5, said K. Radhakrishnan, the ISRO Chairman.
satellites.”
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Q1•2012
Satellite Network Equipment
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tors that provide DTH video services in this region to help meet the
for a place like China, or
high bandwidth broadband satellites that we build provide a cost
demand. We currently have several satellites in our backlog that are
India, you know, looks pretty
effective solution for remote and mobile access, and there are no
destined for this region.” William Wade mentioned, “the demand
strong. If China is looking to
indicators that demand for that is softening. We see growing
ment, system components and
over the next three years (2012-2015) in Asia for satellite capacity,
put up their own positioning
demand for video distribution and broadband in the Asia Pacific
sub system manufacturing, appli-
in the FSS (fixed service satellite) space, is going to be DTH (Direct-
satellite networks, I’m sure
Region. There is also growing demand for cellular backhaul.”
cations, and satellite services rev-
To-Home). …DTH will become the main driver for video and then
that they’ll try to support that
enue? William Wade, said “gen-
you will see a conversion from standard-definition to high-defini-
with a lot of new applica-
erally speaking about Asia, Ka
tion, which has not really taken place fully in Asia. Once the conver-
tions that will use that ser-
band is more wide beams, as
sion happens then there will be more demand for satellite capacity.”
vice. GPS could be a very interesting development for Asia.”
Will increased demand create a
surge of Satellite ground equip-
AsiaSat 7 Launch, Baikonur 11-26,
11 Nov. 2011 (Photo: AsiaSat)
Beidou GPS Shanghai exhibit
Visitors looked at a model of the BeiDou
satellite navigation system in Shanghai in
May 2011 (Photo: Wall Street Journal)
Cost Models
Cost models in the Satellite Industry will not be coming down in the
opposed to spot beams. Ka is
foreseeable future. However, Point-to-Multipoint broadcast stream-
being used to add more frequency
ing-type services particularly those associated with video; satellite
as the Ku band fills up, but for
Competitive Horizons
Directions (2012-2015)
still remains the most cost-effective distribution. Reusable space
high-throughput requirements, we
Mitsutoshi Akao said, “Mobile applications, both in the Maritime
Telecommunications, broadband data distribution, satellite news-
launch vehicles hold the promise of lowering the cost to access space
are seeing people look to Ka band. The demand for the technologies of
and Aeronautical fields will also show opportunities for expansion in
gathering, emergency services and recovery services, education ser-
considerably SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk says such vehicles could
Ka high-power spot beams, frequency re-use, and providing services into
regions of the world where satellite is still the best service choice.”
vices, cellular back haul are satellite services that are in a growing
reduce the capital cost of a space launch to about $50,000. “We see
homes, is being driven by governments looking at their education and
Wade stated, “China has a great opportunity to use positioning and
demand cycle across Asia. Bill Wade spoke, “telemedicine hasn’t
important growth potential in the Asia Pacific market. SpaceX’s focus
medical systems. However, none of them have really caught on yet, and
location devices and these chipsets could be manufactured into set-
really taken off on a large scale, but you see it in small, regional
on producing the most advanced launch vehicles is really resonating
so I think it will take a couple of years before it will be concluded that the
top boxes. If you couple that with the cellular networks, China’s fear
applications, but it’s not a big one for us.”
with customers,” said spokesperson Kirstin Grantham.
Ka band is a good fit. There will be certain markets that will start off ear-
of unauthorized users accessing DTH could be eliminated. I think
lier, like Australia and some of these others that have agreed on their
that’s an area that they are probably looking at quite heavily to help
national-broadband network plans. China has not decided yet. We are
them as they try to roll out a DTH market in China.”
Quality of Service
Golden Satellite Era
watching the trends. We have got a couple of wide-beam Ka band on our
Mitsutoshi Akao echoed a common belief that “Demand for higher
Asia Pacific appears to be heading for a Golden Satellite Era.
satellites just mainly as kind of testing the market and preserving our fre-
quality services in these areas will increase the need for more satel-
Consumerism and growing disposable incomes are on the rise in
lite transponders in some regions. Also Ka and Ku-band use in the
Asia. Asia has become truly the engine of growth that Jack Welch,
lite broadband services, demand for HDTV, 3D video, and availability of
Global Navigation Satellite Systems – a Bright
Development in Asia Pacific
areas of Government assisted consumer broadband is likely to result
the former CEO of GE, envisioned ten years ago after the US col-
satellite capacity for those services (will create a surge). However, Direct
At the APSCC satellite conference in Tokyo, Project Manager Koji
in higher demand for satellite coverage in the years to come.
lapse due to the dot-com bubble and financial malfeasance. In 2012,
to consumer broadband and TV via satellite will be a preferable solution
Terada gave an update on Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s
Although all these sectors will likely contribute to increased satel-
Asia’s infrastructure and the applications are dominant drivers of
due to the geographic complexity of the region.”
JAXA GPS System, QZSS. Japan’s entry into a GPS constellation will
lite sales, DTH applications are still expected to be the most profit-
fast growth. The smart phones and devices, when they are launched
be a regional space-based PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing)
able in the future.”
in Asia Pacific, their applications skyrocket. Wade said, “From our
quencies at our orbital slots.” Harms, talked that the “expansion of satel-
system which will covers East Asia and Oceania region and transmits
view, Asia has very strong potential. It is economically sound,
Satellite Broadband (HDTV, 3D Video)
six civil PNT signals. One satellite (QZS-1; MICHIBIKI) was launched
emerging markets exist, and the populations are hungry for this new
Mitsutoshi Akao of SKY
on September 11, 2010. Japan continues to test the operational
Growing Demand for High-Bandwidth Broadband
technology, and they don’t have legacy systems that have to be
Perfect JSAT believed that
aspects of its first satellite and is expected to launch other satellites.
With a growing demand for high-bandwidth broadband communica-
adapted to or upgraded. I would have to agree that the future looks
“the future is likely to see
Pang Zhihao of the China Daily wrote, “(China’s GPS 35 satellite con-
tions by the maritime industry, demand continues to expand even as
pretty bright for many of these telecommunications and communica-
advancements in communi-
stellation) BeiDou currently consists of 10 satellites and covers a
the Global Economies are contracting. Dawn Harms said, “Demand
tions applications in the near future.” As Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
cations distribution in the
swath of the Asia-Pacific region from Australia in the south to Russia
trends point in the direction of providing more bandwidth every-
wrote, “A wise man recognizes the convenience of a general state-
DTH, Mobile, and Government and Military sectors in the next
in the north. The system is accurate to within 82 feet (25 meters) and
where and satellites will continue to play a large role in that. The
ment, but he bows to the authority of a particular fact.”
decade. Many South Asia countries are expected to have growth
now serves China and surrounding areas on a test and not on an oper-
potential in DTH viewership, especially for the demand in high-defi-
ational basis. Six more satellites are due to launch in 2012. BeiDou is
Richard T. Kusiolek
nition quality programming.” Harms, said that “we (SS/L) see con-
designed to be compatible and interoperable with China’s satnav sys-
tinued demand for increasingly higher power geostationary satel-
tems.” William Wade spoke, “China is a huge consumer market; and,
lites and growing demand for the high throughput broadband satel-
as you look at the new applications that are emerging for GPS and
lites that we build. SS/L is continuing to work with satellite opera-
positioning-type devices, I think it goes without saying that market,
Satellite Magazine, UK Satellite Evolution Asia, APSCC, China Communications (CIC) and COSPAR. Professor Kusiolek is a Senior Director of JP
Technologies Ptc. Ltd. and Managing Director for TransGlobalNet Consulting Group. TGN is a Global Consulting firm focused on the Satellite,
Aerospace, and High Technology Industries. Professor Kusiolek served as the Senior Management Consultant for India’s Metamor Corporation,
China’s Huawei Technologies, China’s National Aerospace/Aviation Base, Beijing’s Satellite Conference and Forum, and as the General
Manager and Director for China’s WeSoftware Corporation.
AsiaSat 7 (Photo: AsiaSsat)
is a faculty adjunct professor with the University of Phoenix and also has been a contributing writer for Via
As of 2 March 2012
Platinum Member
Gold Member
Affiliate Member
Regular Member (Governments)
Regular Member
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INSIDE APSCC
Event Review:
APSCC – PTC’12 Breakout Session
“Bringing Cost Effective Satellite Communications Technology”
Cellular subscribers continue to grow at astounding rates. The rollout of 4G networks is a reality and
LTE deployments continue to increase. These are positive growth indicators, but also a strain on the
infrastructure. Backhauling and trucking cellular traffic from remote sites have become major challenges. Terrestrial capacity is often unavailable, unreliable and costly. In order to be competitive, the
industry needs cost-effectively expanding coverage methods.
To tackle these issues in the industry, the first spin-off session of the Asia-Pacific Satellite
Communications Council (APSCC) in 2012 was held in conjunction with the Pacific Telecommunication
Council (PTC) during the PTC’12 event on January 18th the Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
The session titled “Bringing Cost Effective Satellite Communications Technology” consisted of presentations by each speaker and panel discussions from eading satellite communications companies from
APSCC members including Frederic Morris from Comtech EF Data, Imran Malik from O3b Networks,
Rick Abbasi from Intelsat, Dani Indra from Telkom Indonesia and Pedro Leon from ZTE Columbia.
Moderated by Gregg Daffner, Vice President of APSCC as well as CEO of GAPSAT, the session covered
the subject of how each company is bringing cost effective satellite communications to the customers
through their own business strategy and solution. The session also offered an opportunity to the audience to share their insight on extending the current network using satellite backhaul effectively.
With industry experts from the APSCC member society, APSCC will continuously hold various satellite
expert sessions in 2012 to promote satellite communications as well as the services that satellites
can provide.
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Satellite Industry News
Satellite Business
customer segments, including leisure, commercial transport, oil and
SatLink Launches Amos-5 Platforms
gas, and commercial shipping vessels.
February 1, 2012 - SatLink Communications, a teleport providing
First Hughes JUPITER Gateway Commissioned and Delivering High-Speed System Traffic
global satellite services, has announced that it has launched
operations on the new Amos-5 Satellite across Africa, on 17
have successfully completed their factory and field qualifications and are now operational, delivering high-
Gilat Selected by O3b for Supply of Ka-Band Ground
Infrastructure
speed, end-to-end system traffic over the AMC 15 Ka-band satellite. Crossing this major milestone paves
February 14, 2012 - Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has signed an
2012, is available on the Pan African C-band coverage in DVB-S and
the way for the launch in Q2 2012 of JUPITER, a next-generation, high throughput satellite, which will
agreement with O3b Networks Limited, the developer of a new high-
DVBS-2 and additional two Ku-Band MCPC (Multi Channel Per
deliver HughesNet® Gen4 broadband satellite Internet services across North America. Hughes is in the
speed, low-latency satellite-based service for telecommunication
Carrier) platforms to serve Sub Saharan countries. Utilizing the
process of installing and testing the infrastructure for the JUPITER system with the initial Gateway providing
operators and enterprises in emerging markets, for the development
Amos-5 satellite pan-Africa C-band reach, SatLink will provide local
support for multiple spot beams across the United States. Use of the Echostar AMC 15 Ka-band satellite is
and supply of Ka-band infrastructure for O3b's VSAT services. The
African and European, Asian and American broadcasters with a
enabling Hughes to validate the user experience and high-speed service plans that will be delivered to
agreement between the two parties ensures a range of hub,
platform for video delivery across the whole continent to reach their
subscribers starting in the summer of 2012.
terminal and network management systems will be available to O3b
local partners.
February 1, 2012 - Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that the JUPITER Gateway and user terminals
degrees East. The service, which is launched on the February 1,
customers for use on the fleet upon launch. The solution developed
Integral Systems Receives CCS-C Contract Extension
by Gilat for O3b is based on Gilat's existing SkyEdge II platform,
February 1, 2012 - Integral Systems subsidiary has received a US$15.69 million extension to its Command
which includes support for Ka-band and a unified system for SCPC
SES Confirms Satellite Leadership in TV Channel
Carriage and High Definition Transmission
and Control System-Consolidated, or CCS-C, contract from the US Air Force, or USAF, Space and Missile
and MF-TDMA on the same terminal. Gilat's solution is further
February 3, 2012 - SES announced that it is confirming its satellite
Systems Center, or SMC. Under the terms of the contract extension Integral Systems will continue to
customized for cellular backhaul and high-end enterprise VSAT
leadership in TV channel carriage and high definition transmission.
provide the USAF and SMC with its EPOCH Integrated Product Suite, or IPS, to simplify operations by
solutions on the O3b network, supporting upload and download data
By year-end 2011, SES broadcasts over 5,200 TV channels,
consolidating satellite ground systems. The award extends CCS-C system sustainment, hardware
rates of over 20Mbps.
including over 1,200 High Definition (HD) channels. In the second
half of 2011 alone, SES added more than 100 HD channels. While
maintenance, software maintenance, and operations support through calendar year 2012.
North America and Europe contribute the majority of the channels
Newsat Boosts Jabiru Pre Launch Contracts to $526 Million with MEASAT Commitment
BROADCASTING
February 3, 2012 - NewSat Limited announces the execution of a strategic satellite capacity contract with
broadcast on SES satellites, an increasing portion of the channel
growth is coming from emerging markets such as Latin America,
Asia-Pacific and Africa. SES now carries 44 DTH platforms, more
for a minimum of US$180 million. The contract provides MEASAT with multiple transponders covering South
M7 Group Contracts Additional Astra Capacity for
New Belgium HD Services
Asia and South East Asia for the 15 year life of the Jabiru 1 satellite. The agreement will be finalised over
February 1, 2012 - SES has signed a new capacity and uplink
5,200 TV channels, close to 1,000 radio channels are broadcast via
the next two weeks with the completion of the Jabiru 1 technical specifications and the execution of a lease
agreement with M7 Group, the Luxembourg-based satellite
the global satellite fleet of SES.
agreement with MEASAT to secure capacity for the Jabiru 2 satellite. MEASAT, with capacity across five
television provider, for distribution via ASTRA's 19.2 degrees East
communication satellites has over fifteen years of experience providing satellite communication services to
orbital position. The newly contracted capacity on 19.2 degrees
the region’s international broadcasters, DTH platforms and telecom operators. The capacity leased on Jabiru
East will be used for the direct-to-home (DTH) distribution of the HD
DVB Starts Investigating New Standards for Satellite
Contribution and High Speed Links
1 will provide back up services to its well established customer base.
versions of La Une and RTL TVi, the leading French speaking
February 9, 2012 - Satellite communications specialist Newtec has
channels for the Belgian market. The channels will be included in
taken the lead, teaming up with DVB members Arabsat, Cisco, SES
Marlink Upgrades Global Maritime VSAT Service with iDirect
the TeleSAT offering, the M7 Group owned satellite television
and Thomson Video Networks, to get the discussion for an update to
February 6, 2012 - VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect) announced that Marlink, one of the largest maritime VSAT network
bouquet for French speaking Belgium that started on ASTRA 19.2
the DVB-S2 standard on the DVB agenda. Last week DVB took up the
operators, has upgraded its global service with the integration of iDirect's Evolution X5 Satellite Router and
degrees East in November last year. In January 2012, M7 Group
task and has already started investigating the commercial reasoning
latest operating software release, iDX 3.0. Vessels operating Marlink's WaveCall services have all received the
already added RTBF's third channel "La Trois" to its TeleSAT
behind a specific standard for satellite broadcast contribution and
required onboard equipment, enabling Marlink to increase reliability and bandwidth efficiency for core voice,
offering on ASTRA.
high speed IP trunking and backbone links. As a first step in extending
MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (MEASAT). The core agreement for capacity on the Jabiru 1 satellite is
email, Internet and remote business applications. Marlink's new service upgrade will benefit several maritime
than any other satellite operator in the world. In addition to over
the current DVB-S2 standard, Newtec is launching its Clean Channel
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Satellite Industry News
2 0 1 2
APSCC Officers
conference. Clean Channel Technology further improves satellite
Space Systems/Loral Awarded Contract to Provide
Two Satellites for MBN Co
efficiency for IP trunking and backhauling, but also broadcast
February 8, 2012 - Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a
President
Yutaka Nagai, SKY Perfect JSAT
contribution by up to 15% compared to the current DVB-S2 standard.
contract to provide two high throughput communications satellites
Newtec’s customers will be able to immediately benefit from Clean
that will be used to deliver high speed broadband service to rural
Channel Technology as it is available as a software field upgrade for
and remote areas of Australia. The satellites will be operated by
existing Newtec equipment.
NBN Co Limited (NBN Co). The two satellites, NBN Co 1A and 1B,
Technology™ at the up-coming Cabsat and SATELLITE exhibition and
are Ka-band, high-throughput broadband satellites that use multiple
spot beams in an advanced design that tailors capacity to Australia's
LAUNCH / SPACE
distributed population. When launched in 2015, the satellites will
provide service to some of the most remote places in Australia, as
Ariane 5 to Launch Galileo Constellation
well as its coastal islands and external territories including Norfolk
February 3, 2012 - Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of
Island, Cocos Island, Christmas Island and Macquarie Island in the
Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Program and
Antarctic. The satellites are based on the SS/L 1300 platform and
Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA),
are designed to provide service for 15 years or more. The contract
have signed an agreement to launch satellites in Europe’s Galileo
award also includes satellite control facilities, support for system
satellite positioning system by Ariane 5 launchers. This agreement
capacity planning and optimisation, systems to manage satellite
provides for the possibility of using Ariane 5 launchers in 2014 and
operations and end-to-end systems integration support.
2015 to complete the deployment of the Galileo constellation.
constellation using a combination of Soyuz launch vehicles (two
ESA’s New Vega Launcher Scores Success on
Maiden Flight
satellites per launch), and Ariane 5 launchers (four satellites per
February 13, 2012 - ESA’s new launch vehicle is ready to operate
launch). The contract for adapting the Ariane 5 launcher to enable
alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful
simultaneous launch of four Galileo satellites was also signed by
qualification flight this morning from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,
the European Space Agency and EADS-Astrium.
French Guiana. With Vega extending the family of launchers
Arianespace will have launched the 26 satellites in this
available at the spaceport, Europe now covers the full range of
SpaceX to Launch AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 in 2014
launch needs, from small science and Earth observation satellites
February 8, 2012 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Asia
to the largest missions like ESA’s supply freighters to the
Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) announced
International Space Station. Vega’s light launch capacity
an agreement to launch two AsiaSat communications satellites using
accommodates a wide range of satellites – from 300 kg to 2500 kg
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in 2014. AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 are
– into a wide variety of orbits, from equatorial to Sun-synchronous.
scheduled to launch in the first half of 2014 from SpaceX’s launch
Its reference mission is 1500 kg into a 700 km-high circular Sun-
complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA. AsiaSat
synchronous orbit. Vega will thus add to Europe’s set of launch
6 will have 28 high-powered C-band transponders while AsiaSat 8
services next to the Ariane 5 heavy-lifter and the Soyuz medium-
will have 24 Ku-band transponders and a Ka-band beam. The high-
class launcher already in service. The combination of these three
powered transponders on the satellite will enable the use of small
systems operating from French Guiana will also improve the
antennas on the ground. The two SS/L 1300 satellites will serve Asia,
efficiency of Europe’s launch infrastructure by sharing its operating
the Middle East and Australasia.
costs over a larger number of launches.
Advisory Board
Nongluck Phinainitisart, Ph.D.
THAICOM
Eui K. Koh, Ph.D.
JB Technologies
Yasuo Otaki
David W. Thompson
Orbital Sciences Corporation
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March
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
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12-15 Satellite 2012, Washington D.C., USA
www.satellitetoday.com/satellite2012/
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CASBAA India Industry Forum, New Delhi, India
www.casbaa.com
21-22 Oil and Gas Communications, London, U.K.
www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp?is=5&ref=3775
G. Madhavan Nair, Ph. D.
Indian Space Research Organisation
John Celli
Space Systems/Loral
21-23 Convergence India 2012, New Delhi, India
www.convergenceindia.org
Richard E. Butler
Asia Space
25-27 Broadband MEA, Dubai, UAE
http://mea.broadbandworldforum.com/
Board of Directors
Richard Bowles
Arianespace
27-28 MilsSpace 2012, Vienna, Austria
www.military-space.com
Thomas Choi
Asia Broadcast Satellite
William Wade
AsiaSat
Zhiheng Fu
China Great Wall Industry Corporation
Thomas Carroll
International Launch Services
Terry Bleakley
Intelsat
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April
Yeong-mo Kwon
KT Corporation
14-19 NAB SHOW, Las Vegas, USA
www.nabshow.com
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Australasia Satellite Forum 2012, Sydney, Australia
www.talksatellite.com
16-19 Global Aerospace Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE
http://aerospacesummit.ae/
Paul Brown-Kenyon
MEASAT Satellite Systems
16-19 28th National Space Symposium, Colorado Springs, USA
www.nationalspacesymposium.org
Hiroyuki Inahata
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Ted McFarland
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Dani Indra
TELKOM Indonesia
Deepak Mathur
SES
Titus Yong
SingTel
Dawn Harms
Space Systems/Loral
Christophe Bauer
SpaceX
Eddie Kato
Thales Alenia Space, North America
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May
09-10 MilSatCom Asia 2012, Singapore
www.milsatcomasia.com
15-16 Global Broadcast Summit, London, UK
www.globalbroadcastsummit.com/
21-24 SatCom 2012 Africa, Johanessburg, South Africa
www.terrapinn.com/2011/satcomza/
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