Antarctic Broadband wins Engineering Excellence Award
The Antarctic Broadband consortium, led by Aerospace Concepts, has won a prestigious Engineering Excellence Award at the Canberra Engineering Excellence Awards 2011.
The annual Australian Engineering Excellence Awards celebrate the accomplishments of some of the finest engineering companies and individuals in Australia. Their award programs seek to identify, recognise and reward outstanding achievement, eminence in the practice of engineering, and conspicuous service to the profession.
The Antarctic Broadband – Definition and Capability Development project was established to develop a cost-effective solution for delivering much needed broadband communications services to meet the data transfer needs of Antarctica. The Antarctic Broadband consortium was awarded $2.1 million under Round One of the Australian Government’s Australian Space Research Program in February 2010. This grant funded a study to define a solution and commence the capability development process. Through the creative application of small satellite technologies, unique orbit solutions and innovative new communications equipment, the solution has the ability to deliver high-quality, 24-hour coverage of the Antarctic Circle, providing over a terabyte of transfer capability per day at speeds comparable to that of ADSL.
Specific aspects of the Antarctic Broadband project that contributed to its recognition are:
- Unique satellite design aspects that are world-leading;
- Ingenuity and persistence in developing cost-effective solutions in the face of significant physical design constraints;
- Demonstrated sound practice in collaboration and stakeholder engagement;
- A valuable first-step contribution to enhancing the capability and lifestyle for a remote, isolated Australian community;
- Delivering real opportunities for expanding the research and scientific output in Antarctica; and
- Advancing the design, implementation and support of small-satellite communications systems in Australia.
Aerospace Concepts would like to thank all those involved in Antarctic Broadband and looks forward to continuing development on the project in the future.
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