Skybrokers installed an used VertexRSI 9.0m antenna for Hellas-Sat satellite operator at their Teleport on Cyprus
Skybrokers installed an used VertexRSI 9.0m antenna
Skybrokers delivered and installed an used and refurbished VertexRSI 9.0m DBS-bandEarth Station Antenna to long-time customer Hellas-Sat satellite operator on Cyprus. The project coordination and installation was successfully performed by a three-member installation team in October 2017.
Hellas-Sat satellite operator is a premium satellite communications solutions provider founded in 2001. It operates Teleports in Greece and Cyprus and owns and operates the HellasSat-2 satellite. The company jointly owns the Hellas-Sat 3/Inmarsat S EAN satellite with Inmarsat, and operates a payload on the Hellas-Sat 4/SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite at 39° East owned by satellite operator Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).
In 2013 Hellas-Sat was acquired by Arabsat, the 6th largest satellite operator in the world. Hellas-Sat satellites are located at 39°E orbital slot offering coverage over Europe, Middle-East and Southern Africa.
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- Unloading container starts.
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- A Skytrack truck is arranged.
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- Antenna panels are properly stacked.
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- Foundation ready, the work can begin!
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- All antenna parts are staged close to foundation.
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- 16 radials are installed on the antenna drum.
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- Reflector is ready for lifting.
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- Pedestal mount was erected earlier.
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- Crane is setting up.
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- Lifting slings are attached.
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- Reflector is lifted.
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- Extra weight due to dual layer panels.
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- Lifting carefully to the Pedestal.
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- Pins are installed.
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- Antenna ready for operation.
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- Antenna ready for operation.
