Skybrokers de-installed 17 Satellite Earth Station Antennas at the Signalhorn teleport Backnang site close to Stuttgart in Germany
Skybrokers de-installed 17 Satellite Earth Station Antennas
In June 2021 Skybrokers was approached by Signalhorn Trusted Networks, GmbH. (formerly GE Space and Satlynx) to remove 17 Earth Station Antennas and approx. 20+ VSAT antennas from their facility in Backnang, close to Stuttgart in Germany. The deadline was set on end of February 2022, making it a challenging project with lots of planning and logistics.
The complete project was divided in five visits starting in October 2021 with the dismantling of an Andrew 4.6m and two 5.6m from ground level and four 3.7m antennas from the office building, including 15+ VSAT antennas.
In November 2021 we planned the de-installation of three Andrew 4.6m and two 7.6m antennas from ground level. The antennas were dismantled and removed from the site in a two-week time frame.
In January 2022 we took down two VertexRSI 4.8m and two 8.1m antennas from ground level. antenna parts were moved with special cranes to the parking lot for further dismantling and loading into trucks. Our team used cranes, cherry pickers and forklifts to dismantle the antennas in 18 days.
On February 25th 2022 we finished this large project by taking down the last antenna, an Andrew 7.6m Ku-band that was relocated to a satellite service provider in Holland.
Skybrokers de-installed 17 Satellite Earth Station Antennas in Backnang, Germany. We couldn’t finish the works without the great help of Matthias Riede, Klaus Donner, Russell Webb and Georg Eggers with continuous support from local crane company Winkelhock and logistics provider Moovle from Holland.
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- Signalhorn Trusted Networks, GmbH. headquarters in Backnang Germany.
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- Signalhorn Backnang teleport.
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- Skybrokers was contracted to remove 17 satellite antennas.
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- Including various VSAT antennas from the Signalhorn facility.
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- The largest project in Skybrokers history.
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- All antennas had to be removed before the end of February 2022.
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- Two Andrew 5.6m antennas were dismantled in October 2021.
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- Two Andrew 5.6m antennas were dismantled in October 2021.
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- Two Andrew 5.6m antennas were dismantled in October 2021.
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- Two Andrew 5.6m antennas were dismantled in October 2021.
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- Two Andrew 5.6m antennas were dismantled in October 2021.
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- Two Andrew 5.6m antennas were dismantled in October 2021.
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- Four Andrew 3.7m Antennas were de-installed from the roof.
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- Four Andrew 3.7m Antennas were de-installed from the roof.
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- Three VertexRSI 8.1m antenna in a row waiting for dismantling.
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- Four Andrew 3.7m Antennas were de-installed from the roof.
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- Four Andrew 3.7m Antennas were de-installed from the roof.
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- Various VSAT antennas were removed from the office building.
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- Four Andrew 3.7m Antennas were de-installed from the roof.
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- Three Andrew 4.6m antennas were dismantled in November 2021.
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- Three Andrew 4.6m antennas were dismantled in November 2021.
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- The Andrew 4.6m antennas were dismantled on the parking lot.
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- Two Andrew 7.6m antennas were de-installed in November 2021.
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- Two Andrew 7.6m antennas were de-installed in November 2021.
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- Two Andrew 7.6m antennas were de-installed in November 2021.
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- Two Andrew 7.6m antennas were de-installed in November 2021.
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- Two Andrew 7.6m antennas were de-installed in November 2021.
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- The Andrew 7.6m antennas were taken apart in November 2021.
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- All parts were sorted carefully.
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- Three VertexRSI 8.1m antennas were de-installed.
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- The 8.1m reflector was lifted from its pedestal.
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- Two Vertexrssi 4.8m antennas were de-installed.
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- The crane could reach the far 4.8m antenna.
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- The VertexRSI 4.8m antenna was dismantled carefully.
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- A cherry picker was used to reach the sub.
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- A VertexRSI 8.1m C-band antenna was de-installed in January 2022.
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- The 8.1m reflector ready for disassembly.
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- A special truck was used to move parts to the parking lot.
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- In total we loaded eight trucks for transportation.
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- The last antenna was de-installed.
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- The last parts were dismantled.
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- Panels and radials were stacked in a spacial frame.
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- The site was cleaned on February 28th 2022.
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- All 17 antennas were removed before the deadline.
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- All 17 antennas were removed before the deadline.
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- Signalhorn Backnang facility aerial view without antennas.
