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SatCom

Southbury LES:"Outages are Not Acceptable"

By Greg Trauthwein

If you are concerned about the effects of Satellite Communication service provider consolidation, you will like the

Telenor/Comsat hook-up.

If you care nothing about corporate takeovers, rather are focused on ensur- ing the availability of a strong satellite communication signal, always, you will like the Telenor/Comsat hook-up.

In short, if you use satellite communi- cations services, you will probably like and benefit from the Telenor/Comsat hook-up.

Hardly "news," the integration of

Comsat into the Telenor family has been evolving for a year, the latest metamor- phosis of Comsat, a pioneer in deliver- ing satellite communications for the safety of ships at sea. Upon visiting recently with Guy White. Telenor's

Southbury. Conn, station director, it is apparent that the combination is yielding positive and immediate benefits for the maritime community users.

From the beginning

The Southbury Land Earth Station (LES) is. if nothing else, seated in one of the most picturesque spots in

Connecticut, enhanced greatly by the fall foliage in late October. Contracted for construction on November 28, 1973, the LES began providing signals for the commercial mariner in 1976, with the launch of the Marisat satellites. (Interestingly, one Hughes-built,

Telenor-owned Marisat satellite is still in operation, making it the world's oldest operating commercial satellite. It is still piloted by Telenor from Bethesda, Md.. and as a back-up. from Southbury. Conn.

It is leased to the National Science

Foundation and is used to supply a com- munication link — the only satellite

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