AeroAstro Asset Tracking Satellite Downlink Decoder Ready for Deployment
ASHBURN, VA, May 30, 2007 - Satnews Daily - AeroAstro said its next SENS asset tracking satellite downlink decoder rack passed all testing and is ready for installation at a Globalstar ground gateway. The equipment will be used to expand the geographic coverage of the Globalstar Simplex Data Service.
Testing of the device, known as the "Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) Applique," was conducted at AeroAstro's headquarters in Ashburn during the second week of May. AeroAstro provides proprietary network infrastructure devices containing the signal processing technology that powers the Globalstar Simplex Data Service. They are already installed across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Western Australia. AeroAstro continues to expand the availability of seamless global asset tracking data communications with the successful factory acceptance test of the AeroAstro proprietary device.
"The infrastructure equipment will be installed at a Globalstar ground station in June, further expanding the commercial reach of the Globalstar Simplex Service," said David Goldstein, Executive VP and GM of the Communications and Sensor Systems group at AeroAstro. "AeroAstro continues to take pride in expanding the use of seamless tracking and logistics technology worldwide with the ability to enable low-cost and very small tracking devices using the Globalstar system."
The SENS Applique, a proprietary digital signal processing infrastructure component installed at key Globalstar ground stations, receives and decodes asset tracking and monitoring data from field transmitters via the Globalstar Low Earth Orbit satellite network. It digitizes RF signals and extracts SENS message packets despite interference or overlapping transmissions, and transmits these messages through the Internet.
The technology provides a total solution with ubiquitous coverage over most of the globe. AeroAstro combines infrastructure and asset tag hardware, data portal and communications services, and systems engineering to deliver prices, power savings, compact size and ease of use previously unimaginable from satellite communications
AeroAstro is a developer of satellite and communications systems and components. AeroAstro has partnered with Globalstar, a satellite communication pioneer, to supply low cost, satellite-based data communication products and services to Value Added Resellers providing applications tailored for the asset tracking and remote monitoring industries.
