Jabiru-Sat is a subsidiary of NewSat Limited a leading, independent, satellite services provider in Australia with major teleport installations in Perth and Adelaide. For further information concerning NewSat and its service provision from telemetry, tracking and control to broadband connectivity for rural farms, please see www.newsat.com Jabiru is the name of the initial satellite planned to launch and be operative in 2011. The Jabiru is the only indigenous stork in Australia and the bird imag...

Satellite provider NewSat has welcomed a $160 million federal cash injection to supply remote areas with digital television and highlighted its plans to launch Australia’s first locally-owned satellite as a possible solution. The project, dubbed Jabiru, has been in development since 2007 and is spearheading the company’s move to cash-in on the government initiative. Company CEO Adrian Ballintine said the satellite will be able to serve the 247,000 homes identified by the government as locate...

A Satellite Dish is an Antenna Satellite dishes are a type of parabolic and microwave antenna. The one pictured above is a high-gain reflector antenna. This means it picks up or sends out electromagnetic signals from a satellite. It can be used for data, radio or television. The size and design of a satellite dish vary depending on the use of it. The most common satellite dish used by individuals is the one for television programming. DirecTV and Dish Network are the major satellite broadcasting...

Newsat is building more opportunities than ever before! NEWSAT, not only focuses on opportunities in our main vertical markets–military, broadcast, enterprise, mobile, telcos and commercial–but also digs deeper than ever before, providing fresh data, keen market intelligence and the strategies you need to achieve new levels of excellence and business development. VSAT Solutions Through our VSAT Solutions we connect clients in remote areas, or those who have temporary short-term net...

Not so long ago, satellites were exotic, top-secret devices. They were used primarily in a military capacity, for activities such as navigation and espionage. Now they are an essential part of our daily lives. We see and recognize their use in weather reports, television transmission by DIRECTV and the DISH Network, and everyday telephonecalls. In many otherinstances, satellites play a background role that escapes our notice:  Some newspapers and magazines are more timely because they trans...