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June 2nd, 2010

Orbit Tracks For Israel And Roars With LEO Systems


[SatNews] Orbit Technologies announces a recent contract award to supply its systems for tracking low orbiting civilian imagery satellites to a leading Israeli satellite imaging company. These LEO (Low Earth Orbit), high precision, high quality satellite tracking systems will be backed as part of the contract by Orbit’s service and customer support. Orbit is recognized as a worldwide provider of satellite tracking and communications antenna systems.

Telemetry, Tracking & Control systems are used mainly for tracking Low Orbiting Satellites (LEO). Orbit offers a wide range of specially designed TTC antenna tracking systems for tracking.


Israel Adan, Executive VP, Sales and Marketing, says that, “With every additional contract won, in Israel or anywhere else in the world, we capitalize on the opportunity to further demonstrate that quality, flexibility, and precision in Orbit’s products is matched by our dedication to service, technical support, and customer satisfaction.” He goes on to add that, “With this contract, as we bolster our satellite tracking market position in Israel, we intend to continue to set supply chain timetable records as well.

Under this agreement, Orbit will supply two TTC LEO tracking antenna systems based on its AL-4018 digital system. The tracking antenna is 3m in diameter and operates on S-band frequency.