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09 February

2015

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MEOSTM GEO HimawariCast P.1SSA-SWE Architecture Definition P.2 MEOSTM Capture HRDFEP for METOP and NOAA 18/19 P.3MEOSTM Dual Polarity L&X band Feed P.4Events 2015

27 April - 1 May 2015Noaa direct readout meeting, Greenbelt, Maryland USAhttp://satelliteconferences.noaa.gov/2015/index.html

1 - 3 June 2015Meteohydex 2015 Geneva, Switzerlandhttp://www.meteohydex.com/

21 - 25 September 2015EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference Toulouse, Francehttp://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/ConferencesandEvents/DAT_2305526.html

13 - 15 October 2015Meteorological Technology World Expo 2015 Brussels, Belgiumhttp://www.meteorologicaltechnology-worldexpo.com/

New Product - MEOSTM GEO HimawariCastSystem for providing realtime data from HimawariCastThe MEOS™ Geo HimawariCast ground station is a flexible and modular turnkey system for acquisition,

archiving and processing of meteorological data from the Himawari satellite distributed by HimawariCast.

The MEOS™ GEO HimawariCast is delivered as a

turnkey system including all you need from real

time data reception through data analysis and

product distribution.

A typical configuration is one workstation

for reception and processing and one or two

additional workstations for the data analysis,

publication, and forecasting. The receiving/

processing workstation is equipped with an extra

Ethernet adapter dedicated for reception of the

multicast packets from the DVB-S2 receiver. This

isolates the data packets to the network where it

is needed without sacrificing bandwidth on the

main network between workstations.

All processing up to completed SATAID files on

disk is automatic. It is started at workstation

boot-time without any need for operator

interaction.

Monitor and Control

An elaborate Kongsberg quality graphical

user interface (GUI) can be run on any of the

workstations in the network, in addition to the

receiving/processing workstation.

From this GUI the operator has complete

status and monitoring control of all parts of

the automatic reception and processing chain,

including, but not limited to:

receiver files workstation• setup• status• signal levels• performance

• reception• deMonit-

compression• assembly• storage

• disk status• network status• health parameters

MEOS™ Geo HimawariCast is a professional,

multi processor solution. The graphical user

interface is completely isolated from the

reception and processing tasks. Hence you may

run zero, one, or several instances of the GUI

without interfering with the routine operations.http://www.spacetec.no/products

© Japan Meteorological Agency - Himawari-8/9.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has operated the GMS and MTSAT series of satellitesataround140degreeseast tocover theEastAsiaandWesternPacific regionssince 1977, and makes related contributions to the WMO’s World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme. As a follow-on to the MTSAT series, the Agency plans to operate next-generation satellites called Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 (himawari means “sunflower”in Japanese). © JMA - http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/himawari89/index.html

Himawari 8/9

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SSA-SWE Architecture Definition

Scope of the work has been to analyse and

present a functional and physical architecture of

a Space Weather (SWE) monitoring and forecast

system, including risk and cost analysis.

In more detail the architecture definition

includes:

• Space segment and space sensors network

• Ground based sensors network

• Data processing

• Service provision system

KSPT’s role in this work has been analysis,

architecture and definition of the ground sensor

network, analysis and architecture definition of

the SWE services (providing data and products)

to the users, and SWE segment level functions.

This included also the security architecture and

concepts of the SWE.

KSPT had the leading role in the overall

architecture modelling activities using ESA

Architecture Framework (ESA-AF) extensively.

ESA-AF is an enterprise framework for modelling

and analysis of Systems of Systems (SoS). The

ESA-AF meta-model is based on an extension of

the established UML based industry standard –

Unified Profile for DoDAF/MODAF (UPDM).

© ESA - Coronal mass ejections sometimes reach out in the direction of Earth

Utilising ESA-AF we modelled the current and

future structure and behaviour of processes,

technology, applications and data for the

SWE system, taking into account ESA’s core

goals and requirements. The SWE system

is a typical complex SoS with large scale

integrated systems that are heterogeneous and

independently operable on their own, but are

networked together for a common goal.

Through this project KSPT has gained

significant experience in the following areas:

• Enterprise architecture

• System of systems

• Space Weather

• Ground Sensors

• Service Architecture

• Security Architecture

This experience is relevant in other space

programs, but also in domains such as oil

production, public services, enterprise services,

security and defence.

© ESA - Space Situational Awareness Space Weather

Kongsberg Spacetec (KSPT) has completed an ESA architecture definition on Space Situational Awareness (SSA) – Space Weather (SWE), as sub-contractor to OHB Systems AG Germany.

About SSA

ESA’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Programme was authorised at the November 2008 Ministerial Council and formally launched on 1 January 2009. The mandate was extended at the 2012 Ministerial Council until 2019, and the programme is funded through to 2016.

The objective of the SSA programme is to support Europe’s independent utilisation of, and access to, space through the provision of timely and accurate information and data regarding the space environment, and particularly regarding hazards to infrastructure in orbit and on the ground.

In general, these hazards stem from possible collisions between objects in orbit, harmful space weather and potential strikes by natural objects, such as asteroids, that cross Earth’s orbit.

More information from ESA on: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Space_Situational_Aware-ness/About_SSA

EXTREME PERFORMANCE FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS

MEOSTM Antenna - High Volume TestingKonsberg Spacetecs MEOSTM Antenna has now been tested since 2012, with reception of more than 60 passes per day and tracking more than 45 satellites. Analysis of wear shows that this volume tracking is within normal wear and maintenance limits.

The MEOSTM antenna comes with dish sizes from 3.0 m up to 5.0 m.

This antenna is designed and manufactured by Kongsberg for customers that request a feasible antenna with minimum maintenance needs.

The antenna is intended for remote sensing satellite terminals that receive payload data in X- and L-band.

MEOSTM 5 m Antenna

MEOSTM HRDFEP

MEOSTM Capture HRDFEP

MEOS™ Multi-mission Earth Observation System - Kongsberg Spacetec’s professional system for satellite data acquisition, archiving, processing, analysis and distribution.

MEOS™ Capture (HRDFEP, HRTG) are used in many critical environments, where “every bitcounts”.CurrentusersofMEOS™ Capture includes NASA EDOS, European Space Agency (ESA), Eumetsat and Kongsberg Satellite Services. Typical applications are remote sensing and meteorological satellite ground stations, Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) and Special Check Out Equipment (SCOE) systems.

MEOSTM Capture HRDFEP for METOP and NOAA 18/19Kongsberg Spacetec AS delivers four MEOS™

Capture HRDFEP units to Eumetsat via a

contract with Indra. The HRDFEPs support

reception for NOAA 18/19 SAIP/STIP and GAC.

They include modulator for test/validation

purpose. The MEOS™ Capture HRDFEPs will

be installed in Svalbard, operated by Kongsberg

Satellite Services (KSAT).© Photo: KSAT - SvalSat Station overview

The main capabilities for the HRDFEPs are:

• Performs BPSK demodulation of NOAA-

18/19 SAIP/STIP at 665.4 Ksps, GAC at

2.66 Mbps and Metop QPSK at 70 Mbps.

• Mux: Serial input selection.

• Front-End Processors performing frame

synchronization, error detection/correction

and storing.

• Reconstruction of Metop Instrument Source

Packets.

• N-18/19 handling. Reversal of LIFO

N-18/19 data and 10 to 16-bit conversion.

• Processing/distribution storage. N-18/19

frames and Metop ISPs.

• Quick look, visualisation of Metop GDS data

and NOAA HRPT.

• Near real-time distribution (socket/stream)

of data (frames, VCDUs, IPSs).

• Offline distributions, (S)FTP file

distribution.

• Distribution according to the Space Link

Extension protocol (SLE).

• Read files from disk and output to

modulator or as serial data. Modulated

output, N-18/19 BPSK and Metop QPSK.

Matches demodulator.

• User Interface for monitoring and Control.

The unit is MEOSTM Connect ready, for

Monitor and Control in a multi station/

system environment.

http://www.spacetec.no/products/receivers-demodulator

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MEOSTM is a registered trademark of Kongsberg Spacetec AS, in Norway and other countries.

Next NewsLetterSeptember 2015

New contracts

Kongsberg Spacetec is under contract with Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to deliver their integrated Sentinel-1 (S-1) Collaborative Ground Segment (CGS) reception and processing system. FEB2015

Kongsberg Spacetec has completed an ESA architecture definitiononSpaceSituationAwareness – Space Weather, as sub-contractor to OHB Systems AG Germany. JAN2015

Kongsberg Spacetec has signed a contract with MicroStep-MIS, to provide our MEOS™ Polar and Geo system to the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute. DEC2014

Kongsberg Spacetec is under contract with Space Flight Laboratory Inc. (SFL) of Canada inc to deliver a tracking antenna for data reception and control of the Norwegian AIS satellites. The antenna will be installed in Vardø Norway. NOV2014

Kongsberg Spacetec is under contract with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to deliver their integrated Sentinel-1 (S-1) Collaborative Ground Segment (CGS) reception and processing system.

OCT2014

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Kongsberg Spacetec have several large installations to be implemented during spring and summer 2015, you can read more about these installations in the next newsletter September 2015.

MEOSTM INSTALLATIONS - SPRING 2015

Kongsberg Spacetec AS - World-wide installations 02-2015 - more to come

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New MEOSTM Dual Polarity L&X Band FeedThe X-Band feed has two LNAs for optimized performance and the programmable down converter has very low phase noise, -110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz. The IF output is 720 MHz. The L-Band feed has a block down converter with a selectable IF output frequency, 140 MHz or 720 MHz. The 720 MHz IF is for directly connection to a MEOSTM Capture HRDFEP, removing the need for an external upconverter for L-Band reception.

Monitor and Control of the feed is via a serial RS422 link.

Kongsberg Spacetec has developed a new dual polarity L&X Band feed with down converters for EOS and remote sensing missions. This feed supports satellites that can change transmitted polarization and satellite families that transmit on different polarizations.

The feed is designed for high effectivity and bandwithwhile simultaneous keeping noise temperature and interference from other sources as low as possible. The Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), filters and down converters are physically mounted in the feed enclosure. The feed is capable of receiving circular polarized right hand or left hand (RHCP/LHCP) separately selectable for L-Band and X-Band. Reception of L and X band can be done simultaneously.