Skybrokers installed a refurbished VertexRSI 7.2m antenna at Hellas-Sat teleport on Cyprus

Skybrokers installed a refurbished VertexRSI 7.2m antenna at Hellas-Sat teleport on Cyprus
Skybrokers delivered and installed an used and refurbished VertexRSI 7.2m Earth Station antenna to Hellas-Sat satellite operator from Greece, at their Teleport facility on Cyprus. The antenna was checked out and refurbished at our antenna facility prior to delivery. The team installed the antenna system and performed RF tests in December 2016 & January 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.
- Truck was unloaded with Skytrack.
- Moving the panels carefully to the site.
- Installation can start.
- Backframe assembly.
- 16 Radials installed on the antenna drum.
- Backframe ready.
- Reflector alignment.
- Pedestal mount with legs was refurbished.
- Jacks are checked and we provide new jack boots.
- Reflector lifted.
- Carefully installed on the Pedestal.
- Carefully installed on the Pedestal.
- New motors/gearboxes are installed.
- RF testing performed by specialists.
- Antenna ready for operation.
- Antenna ready for operation.