SKY Perfect JSAT Awards Integral Systems Contract to Upgrade Fleet Management System and Extend Ground System to Support JCSAT-1
July 12 2011 - 8:35AM
Integral Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced today that it has
been awarded a contract by SKY Perfect JSAT to upgrade its ground
systems with the latest version of Integral Systems' industry
leading EPOCH Integrated Product Suite (IPS) satellite command and
control software. In addition to the software upgrade, Integral
Systems will provide a hardware refresh to support SKY Perfect
JSAT's latest satellite, JCSAT-13, scheduled for liftoff in the
fourth quarter of 2011.
For more than five years, SKY Perfect JSAT has relied on
Integral Systems and EPOCH IPS to operate its JCSAT-9, -10 and -12
ground systems. With the updated version of EPOCH IPS and new
hardware, SKY Perfect JSAT will be able to better manage these
satellites under a single system and have greater flexibility as it
expands its satellite fleet to provide a broader range of services
to customers.
"By selecting Integral Systems' EPOCH IPS, we are able to
prepare a cost-effective ground system not only for JCSAT-13, but
also for JCSAT-9, -10 and -12. In addition, with this operational
commonality, we expect even more effective operations, reduction of
total cost and high reliability," said Shigetaka Shinozuka, General
Manager, Satellite Operations Division of SKY Perfect JSAT.
"In today's ultra-competitive environment, satellite operators
are under tremendous pressure to reduce unnecessary costs," said
James Kramer, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the
Civil and Commercial Group at Integral Systems. "With EPOCH IPS,
operators are able to increase efficiencies and reduce costs by
managing their entire fleet of satellites with one command and
control system. This was one of the primary reasons SKY Perfect
JSAT selected us yet again to integrate the JCSAT-13 satellite into
their fleet operations in an efficient and cost-effective
manner."
As an all-in-one satellite command and control and fleet
management system operable right from a user's desktop, EPOCH IPS
presents a more efficient, economic alternative to costly command
and monitoring practices. It currently supports satellite designs
from every major commercial geostationary satellite manufacturer.
Integral Systems' commercial clients using EPOCH IPS include SKY
Perfect JSAT , AsiaSat, Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation
(B-SAT), Chunghwa Telecom, Indovision, KT Corporation,
SingTel/Optus, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT),
Intelsat, SES, Telesat, EchoStar and Hellas Sat, while government
clients include the National Space Organization of Taiwan, European
Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
(EUMETSAT), NASA, the U.S. Air Force and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) among many others.
JCSAT-13 is equipped with 44 high-power Ku-band transponders and
will replace JCSAT-4A at the 124 degrees East longitude orbital
slot. In addition to continuing service to Japan's premier DTH
platform with its Japan beam, SKY Perfect JSAT will further
strengthen its services by deploying a Southeast Asia beam with an
emphasis on Indonesia and Malaysia. Additionally, two steerable
beams onboard the satellite will fulfill the growing demand for
satellite broadcasting services and data communication networks
supporting Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
ABOUT SKY PERFECT JSAT CORPORATION
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation is a leader in the converging
fields of broadcasting and communications. It is Asia's largest
satellite operator with a fleet of 14 satellites, and Japan's only
provider of both multi-channel pay TV broadcasting and satellite
communications services. SKY Perfect JSAT delivers a broad range of
entertainment through the SKY PerfecTV!, SKY PerfecTV! e2 and SKY
PerfecTV! HIKARI platforms, the most extensive in Japan with a
total of 3.7 million subscribers. In addition, SKY Perfect JSAT's
satellite communications services, which cover Japan and the rest
of Asia, as well as Oceania, Hawaii and North America, play a vital
role in supporting safety, security and convenience for society as
a whole. For more information, please visit www.sptvjsat.com.
About Integral Systems
Integral Systems, Inc. is a global provider of products, systems
and services for satellite command and control, telemetry and
digital signal processing, data communications, enterprise network
management and communications information assurance. We specialize
in developing, managing and operating secure communications
networks, both satellite and terrestrial, as well as systems and
services to detect, characterize and geolocate sources of RF
interference. Our customers include U.S. and foreign commercial,
government, military and intelligence organizations. For almost 30
years, customers have relied on Integral Systems to design and
deliver innovative commercial-based products, solutions and
services that are cost-effective and reduce delivery schedules and
risk. The Integral Systems family of solution providers (Integral
Systems, Inc., Integral Systems Europe, Lumistar, Inc., Newpoint
Technologies, Inc., RT Logic and SAT Corporation) as well as our
services organization, Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3),
leads the market in offering complete ground segment solutions. Our
dedication to "The Integral Difference" has solidified long-term
relationships with the U.S. DoD, NASA, NOAA and nearly every
commercial satellite operator in the world. For more information,
visit www.integ.com.
CONTACT: Company Contact:
Andrew Miller
Vice President, External Communications
Integral Systems, Inc.
Phone: 443.539.5124
amiller@integ.com
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