Telecommunications port: Australia

The Adelaide teleport is one of two facilities operated by an independent satellite company in Australia. Located in Southern Australia, the facility uplinks to 8 geostationary satellites across both the Ku band and C  band spectrum. Telecommunications port are the crucial earth stations connecting to the satellites and transmitting and receiving signals to end-users using VSAT systems. As such, they are often highly-secured facilities, and in the case of the Adelaide Teleport, considered as Military Accredited Global Access Points.

NewSat Towards the World

NewSat, Australia’s largest satellite communications company, is providing vital communications for Australian Defence personnel located in far-flung places. They are also now preparing to launch its very own communications satellite.

Mike Keneally, Vice-President of Satellite Strategy, speaks to Grant Smith about the company’s Government Accredited Adelaide and Perth teleports, the services the Teleports provide Australian and US Defence Force personnel and Jabiru-1, Australia’ first locally owned commercial satellite.

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NewSat, Lockheed Martin, celebrate milestone in Jabiru-1 Satellite Project

NewSat Limited (ASX: NWT), Australia’s satellite company, is pleased to advise of the successful completion of the Jabiru-1 Preliminary Design Review (PDR) by Lockheed Martin as announced on 18 June 2012. This is a major milestone for the Jabiru-1 Program's development and a significant step towards the launch of NewSat’s next generation Ka-band satellite.

Read more on the latest NewSat milestone in their blog