ViaSat Satellite Ground
Systems has received a contract in excess of $3 million from Honeywell Space
Systems in Clearwater, Florida for four mobile S-Band Tracking and
Telemetry/UHF-Band Command Destruct integrated antenna systems.
The Range
Safety System (RSS) for the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation (AADC)
Kodiak Launch Complex tracks launch vehicle data, and provides ground
controllers with the ability to terminate the flight should problems arise.
The Kodiak location launches all types of commercial launch vehicles and
military rockets.
The AADC requires range data and command control equipment
to provide real time information to range users and to perform range safety
operations.
The primary responsibility of the RSS is to provide positive
control of the launch vehicle for public safety.
These tracking and telemetry systems combine the ability to receive an
S-band telemetry data signal with the ability to transmit high-power UHF
Command Destruct tones.
Each of the four antenna systems consists of a
5.4-meter reflector, elevation over azimuth pedestal, and a specialized
Telemetry Tracking/UHF feed.
The complete system includes a uniquely designed
trailer/mounting base that provides full roadworthy towing as well as a stable
tracking platform.
The AADC was established in 1991 to develop Alaska based economic and
technical opportunities in the aerospace industry.
The Kodiak Launch Complex
is a dual use spaceport for commercial and government vehicles for sub-orbital
and orbital trajectories over a wide range of launch azimuths.
The missions
being flown from this spaceport cover a range from remote sensing and
communications to missile defense technology demonstrators and testing.
ViaSat Inc. produces advanced digital satellite
telecommunications and wireless signal processing equipment for commercial and
government markets.
ViaSat has a full line of VSAT products for data and
voice applications, and is rapidly building market share in Ka-band satellite
systems, from user terminals to large gateways for both geosynchronous and low
earth orbit systems.
Other products include information security devices,
tactical communication radios, and communication simulators.
Along with its
headquarters in Carlsbad, CA, ViaSat has divisions located in Norcross, GA,
and Clarksburg, MD.
Additional field offices are located in Boston, MA, the
United Kingdom, Australia, Chile, China, and India.
Safe Harbor Statement
Portions of this release, particularly statements about future
capabilities of the tracking systems, may contain forward-looking statements
regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties.
ViaSat
wishes to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially, including but not limited to: contractual
problems, regulatory issues, technologies not being developed according to
anticipated schedules, or that do not perform according to expectations; and
increased competition and other factors affecting the telecommunications
industry generally.
The Company refers you to the documents it files from
time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the
oadsion titled Factors That May Affect Future Performance in the Company’s
Form 10-K, which contain and identify other important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or
forward-looking statements.
Stockholders and other readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date on which they are made.
We undertake no obligation to update
publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.
Comsat Labs and Comsat Laboratories are tradenames of ViaSat Inc.
Neither
Comsat Labs nor Comsat Laboratories is affiliated with COMSAT Corporation.
“Comsat” is a registered trademark of COMSAT Corporation.
