Skybrokers delivered and installed a refurbished VertexRSI 8.1m antenna on Easter Island
Skybrokers installed a VertexRSI 8.1m satellite antenna on Easter Island
One of the most challenging projects ever done, Skybrokers delivered an used and refurbished Vertex 8.1m Earth Station Antenna to Easter Island, a special territory of Chile and one of the most isolated islands in the world. Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is an UNESCO World heritage site since 1995. The Island is famous for its Moai statues (there are 890 statues existing).
Skybrokers installed a VertexRSI 8.1m satellite antenna on Easter Island and required lots of planning and logistics support. The antenna parts were carefully crated and containerized in Europe prior to shipment with a container ship to Chile. A smaller vessel took the crates to the island where they were reloaded on a fishing boat that could reach the island since there is no sea port available. Installation and reflector alignment took place in September and October 2019. The antenna was tested successfully and accepted by the customer, Aicox from Spain.
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- Jacks and Pedestal legs refurbished.
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- Pedestal checked out and painted.
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- Antenna drum refurbed.
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- All antenna parts packed up and crated for a long journey.
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- Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific.
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- Moai statue close to Rano Raraku volcano.
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- Fishing boats that brought the antenna parts ashore.
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- Easter Island Marina, the only harbor on the Island.
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- Foundation was poured weeks before.
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- Delivery of crates to the installation site.
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- Traveling another 5 hours from Chile to Easter Island.
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- Our B&B owner…
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- Pedestal is installed on the foundation.
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- Pedestal installed on the foundation.
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- Backframe was already assembled by the client.
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- Installation site close to O Rongo volcano.
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- Antenna panels installed.
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- Panels are being aligned.
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- Main reflector prepared for lifting.
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- Reflector assembled.
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- Reflector aligned.
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- Vertex 8.1m antenna ready for operation.
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- Hanga Roa main street.
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- Amazing views, driving the one and only road.
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- Ahu Tongariki with its 15 famous standing Moai.
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- Rano Raraku. Here the Moai statues were fabricated.
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- Anakena Beach, the only beach on the Island.
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- Installing the 11-size resolvers.
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- Operating the MCU.
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- New couplers with spider and new motors.
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- Pascom & Skybrokers Team!
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- Vertex 8.1m antenna will be used for TV reception.
