The Adelaide Teleport is a satellite ground station in South Australia, operated by one of the leading independent satellite communications specialist in the globe, Newsat Ltd. It houses 11 antennas which at present, uplink to 12 satellites in the C and Ku band spectrums. One of the advantages of the teleport facility is its locations. Australia’s weather conditions make the Adelaide facility less susceptible to issues which usually plage such ground facilities like rain fade.
Over the years, the teleport has been recognized for its quality and performance. In 2012, it was a finalist for the Awards for Excellence from the World Teleport Organization. Over the next two years, it has also been consistently ranked as one of the top facilities in the world, and NewSat, one of the top operators. In 2012, NewSat was named as one of the top 3 finalists for the Independent Teleport of the Year Category, once again a recognition of its two world-class Teleports in Adelaide, and in Perth.
Check out this video of a 360° tour of the Adelaide Teleport in SA through Google Earth. The applications shows in detail the facility from different views. For your own virtual tour, just type in Google Earth: NewSat Adelaide Teleport Mawson Lakes.
At present, the two ground stations deliver highly-secure satellite communications to both enterprise and government customers. Earlier this year, the Perth teleport was chosen by Chevron Australia to provide both offshore and onshore communications to the Wheatstone project, one of the largest LNG projects in Western Australia.
NewSat was awarded a contract worth $8.59 million for the provision of teleport services needed for the construction, operations, administration, and staff management to the resource project. On the other hand, the Adelaide teleport has consistently been awarded multiple contracts by US-based system integrators to provide satellite communications to government personnel in the Middle East.
Last July, NewSat reported a 24% increase in its teleport revenues. The growth in its teleport services has been attributed to over 306 new contracts won during the FY2012, and increased demand for the services from various sectors including the oil and gas, mining, construction, maritime industries as well as government agencies. Some of these projects include satellite communications for pipeline construction projects across Australia, and 70 contracts with Hitron for services to enterprise customers in Papua New Guinea. Other services from NewSat include Internet from satellite, BGAN, and Data and Telemetry.
