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Himawari 8 Weather Satellite Project
In August Av-Comm completed the first Australian ground station for the Himawari 8 weather satellite service. The installation was completed on behalf of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology at the Crib Point facility in Melbourne.
The installation included the installation of a Prodelin 1252 2.4m C Band satellite dish and associated LNBs and mounting hardware. The Prodelin 1252 2.4m satellite dish was aligned to JCSAT 2A and receives a DVB broadcast of data that is captured and processes using KenCast Fazzt digital video processing server.
The Himawari 8 satellite provides a Ka band downlink to the Japanese Meteorological Agency’s (JMA) facility in Japan. The raw data is then processed and uplinked as the Himawaicast service via JCSAT 2A for distribution to affiliate meteorological associations throughout Asia and the Pacific.
The Himawari 8 weather satellite provides greatly improved data acquisition capabilities over previous weather satellite reducing prediction intervals from 30 minutes to 10 minutes. The increase in the frequency of data sets allows for more accurate prediction of weather events and areas that will be impacted by their effects.
Av-Comm would like to thank the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for the opportunity to work with them on this exciting project and looks forward to completing the next ground station in Darwin in the coming months.
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“Another awesome result from the Av-Comm team. Improving Telikom PNG’s core infrastructure of national importance”Telikom PNG- “Thank you to the Av-Comm team for delivering this project. Another milestone achieved in helping Telikom PNG improve our network experience.”Telikom PNG
- “Thanks for preparing this report… If you could, please consider sharing the relevant parts of the Lessons Learned with CPI for applying to future projects. Appreciate Av-Comm’s outstanding support throughout this installation.”Communications & Power Industries (CPI)
- “In my dealings with Av-Comm I have found them to be an incredible team to work with and would like to note their open, flexible, and knowledgeable nature in all of their business dealings with Quasar Satellite Technologies. Dealing with Av-Comm is a shared learning environment, in which Av-Comm staff strive to help and assist towards a solution, whilst educating myself and others comprehensively, sharing their level of understanding.”Quasar Satellite Technologies
- “Working with Av-Comm has been an enlightening experience for our team at BAI Communications. Their approachable and knowledgeable staff have consistently gone above and beyond to ensure our projects’ success. The collaborative atmosphere fosters a sense of partnership, making Av-Comm our go-to choice for any satellite communication needs.”BAI Communications
- “Being the first time since these Antennas were installed primarily by Rod Goulding of RG Systems back in 2011, I was personally feeling a little apprehensive of another company / team servicing our Nine Network Satellite Assets. I am happy to report that my concerns were totally proven wrong 😉 I was very impressed with your field technicians diligent work ethics to detail on site. It was an absolute pleasure to work with these gents.”Channel 9
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