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Electronics Update

Model 9821 MariStar-M installed aboard a small yacht is ideal for large and small vessels

Scientific-Atlanta Introduces

New Inmarsat-M Terminal

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., has formed a new business unit which will market the recently introduced

Model 9821 MariStar-M™, the company's most advanced mobile satellite communications terminal and one of the first to support the new Inmarsat Standard M digital service. "Our new terminal, in conjunc- tion with Inmarsat's Standard M service, will help to greatly expand the market for mobile satellite com- munications," said Faris Gaffney, vice president and general manager of mobile satellite communications for Scientific Atlanta's Network Sys- tems Group. "Currently, mobile com- munications by satellite is practical only for a large oceangoing fleet.

With this new service, even small yacht owners can make use of satel- lite communications."

The Model 9821 is Scientific-

Atlanta's marine version of the Stan- dard M terminal. It is also one of the first Standard M terminals to be introduced. Future Standard M products from Scientific-Atlanta will be developed for land mobile and briefcase transportable applications.

Inmarsat Standard M service is ex- pected to come on-line in the near future.

The new Standard M antenna is less than one fourth the size and weight of the Standard A. It weighs less than 40 pounds and is 24 inches in diameter, making it ideal for any vessel 50 feet or longer.

The new product consists of the lightweight outdoor antenna and a small indoor electronics unit, about the size of a VCR. This small indoor unit allows greater flexibility and ease of installation in smaller spaces aboard ship.

Some of the standard features of the Model 9821 MariStar-M include: * Voice communications inter- connect through the public switched network to any phone worldwide. * Worldwide fax connectivity at 2,400 bits per second (bps). * Data port for interactive com- munication or messaging at 2,400 bps. * NME A-0183 navigation inter- face for interconnection with other marine navigation instruments. * Front-panel distress button that automatically routes the dis- tress signal through the Inmarsat network to the appropriate rescue source.

Options for the Model 9821 in- clude:

Scientific-Atlanta's new Model 9821 MariStar-M satellite communications antenna * Internal GPS (Global Position- ing System) for navigation and res- cue. * Battery backup to enable op- eration in case of main power out- age. * Printer for automatic call and alarm logging. * An external announcer or buzzer to announce incoming calls throughout the vessel.

Scientific-Atlanta designs, manu- factures, installs and maintains sat- ellite communications and cable tele- vision systems, and has provided 45,000 earth station systems to 130 countries.

For free literature describing the new Model 9821 MariStar-M mobile satellite communications terminal,

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