Skybrokers de-installed an Andrew 7.6m Earth Station Antenna for Datasat Communications at Basingstoke, UK
Year
2015
Country
Client
Datasat
Skybrokers de-installed an Andrew 7.6m Earth Station AntennaSkybrokers de-installed an Andrew 7.6m Earth Station Antenna at Datasat Communications, Ltd. in Basingstoke, UK in January 2015. The Earth Station Antenna de-installation was performed by a two member installation team and took 5 days including loading in a dedicated truck. The antenna was checked out and refurbished in our facility in Europe and found a new home in 2016.Datasat Communications, Ltd. was a independent VSAT satellite service provider that owned its own Teleports. The company was established on November 10th, 1987 in the UK and offered a one stop solution for the design and deployment of robust, reliable and scalable VSAT communications networks into geographically dispersed sites. Datasat was dissolved on may 3rd, 2022.
Project
Skybrokers de-installed an Andrew 7.6m Earth Station Antenna for Datasat Communications at Basingstoke, UK
Andrew 7.6m antenna at Basingstoke.
De-installation starts.
Reflector was moved into zenith position,.
Sub reflector removed.
Reflector lifted from Tripod.
Tripod removed from foundation.
De-icing enclosure removed.
Main reflector de-installed.
Reflector dis-assembled.
16 panels were removed.
Antenna parts operated for easy loading.
16 radials de-insatelled from drum.
Antenna parts ready for loading.
Dedicated truck is loaded.
Frank brought us our daily coffee!
Dedicated truck is loaded.
Site clean.
Site clean.
It was great having you guys on site last week. The job went really well and it is fantastic seeing people who know to get things done!
Frank Overton Teleport Manager, DataSat Communications, Ltd, UK