Skybrokers de-installed an Andrew 7.6m Earth Station Antenna for Datasat Communications at Basingstoke, UK
Skybrokers de-installed an Andrew 7.6m Earth Station Antenna
Skybrokers 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.
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- Andrew 7.6m antenna at Basingstoke.
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- De-installation starts.
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- Reflector was moved into zenith position,.
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- Sub reflector removed.
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- Reflector lifted from Tripod.
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- Tripod removed from foundation.
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- De-icing enclosure removed.
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- Main reflector de-installed.
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- Reflector dis-assembled.
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- 16 panels were removed.
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- Antenna parts operated for easy loading.
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- 16 radials de-insatelled from drum.
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- Antenna parts ready for loading.
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- Dedicated truck is loaded.
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- Frank brought us our daily coffee!
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- Dedicated truck is loaded.
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- Site clean.
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- Site clean.
