GPS Satellite

POWER-trak3 Fleet Management Software is compatible with the MSAT-1 satellite service, using the PDT-100 satellite transceiver. The satellite network is comprised of the TMI MSAT-1 satellite, a geostationary satellite in orbit 36,000 kilometers (approx. 22, 400 miles) above the earth matching the earth's rotation, thus maintaining a fixed position over North America.



Using MSAT-1's spot beam technology, the service offers superior coverage and capacity. This technology turns all of North, Central America, northern South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and up to 250 miles offshore into a single, digital communications cell.

As a result, CES Wireless can deliver to end-users advanced and affordable wireless data communications from anywhere to anywhere, on land, at sea, or in the air.

The satellite's on-board telecommunications payload is capable of handling thousands of simultaneous secure and reliable transmissions. MSAT-1 brings the benefits of telecommunications and information to areas without access to conventional land-based telecom networks and makes it ideally suited to the unique needs of the transportation, utility, oil & gas, government, maritime, and resource industries.

Technical Data
The TMI MSAT-1 Satellite was constructed by SPAR Aerospace Limited of Mississauga, Ontario and Hughes Space and Communications Co. of Los Angeles. The satellite's specifications are as follows:

Size At launch:
2.5 meters x 3.5 meters x 7.9 meters with reflectors and solar arrays deployed:
16.25 meters x 21 meters

Mass
At launch: 2850 kilograms
(Beginning of life): 1720 kilograms
Dry mass: 1330 kilograms
Power3.3 kilowatts of electrical power generated by two 3-panel solar arrays
25-cell nickel-hydrogen battery

Propulsion system
Bipropellant with integral 110 lb. apogee motor and 12 x 5-lbf thrusters

Service life
12 years

Frequency Bands
Satellite Transmit (downlink): Service band: 1530-1559 MHz
Feederlink: 10.75-10.95 GHz Satellite Receive (uplink):
Service band: 1631.5 - 1660.6 MHz
Feederlink: 13.0 - 13.15, 13.2 - 13.25 GHz

L-band Antenna
Two 5.7 x 4.7 meter mesh reflectors