GITSAT's first order, for use in testing equipment aboard a submergable undersea exploration watercraft, has been delivered and paid for. The end user, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), will be using a SatMax repeater to aid communications within their systems of moorings and buoys. WHOI, publisher of Oceanus Magazine, is the world's largest private, nonprofit ocean research, engineering and education organization. WHOI is a private, independent organization in Falmouth, Massachusetts, dedicated to marine research, engineering, and higher education. Established in 1930 on a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences, its primary mission is to understand the oceans and their interaction with the Earth as a whole, and to communicate a basic understanding of the oceans' role in the changing global environment.
SatMAX is an advanced communications system that allows users to quickly and easily make full wireless, satellite voice and data communications available from any non-line-of-sight location. With a SatMAX repeater, customers have the ability to access dependable and uninterrupted communication fro indoor locations. Available as fixed and mobile units, SatMAX® creates a satellite communications "hotspot," allowing maximum flexibility by enabling multiple callers to use Iridium-based satellite phones in both indoor and outdoor settings.