American Chamber of Commerce Visit Perth Teleport

Photos from the  Perth Teleport Tour

Twenty-five guests from the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) visited the Perth Teleport in Western Australia, one of two such facilities operated by NewSat Ltd. The guests were given a tour of the antenna systems used in the ground port, as well as a presentation of the company's history and the satellite industry. Len McGoldrick, Vice President of Engineering and Operations, welcomed the guests and also gave them a quick tour of the Network Operations Centre which run 24 x 7 x 365. The Perth teleport is an award-winning facility certified by military organizations across the world to supply services to the defence industry. Aside from servicing government and military customers, the Perth teleport was recently awarded a contract to provide offshore and onshore communications to Chevron's Wheatstone Project in Western Australia, one of the largest liquid natural gas developments in the region. 

NewSat's Ball Plans Growth and Jabiru

NewSat’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), David Ball, an executive focusing on scientific and technological issues within the organization, features in APB’s Satellite Special. He discusses the big changes within the satellite industry, as well as news that shakes and shapes the market.

Ball sketches out three growth areas and threats to the satellite market. Aside from that, he also provides an update on the Jabiru Satellite Program’s fleet of Ka band satellites.

NewSat is to date the largest independent  provider of satellite communications/communications satellite (COMSAT) or artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications in the Commonwealth of Australia, a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.   

Newsat provides coverage to 75.5% of the Earth’s surface, including their satellites, VSATs (very small aperture terminals), a two-way satellite ground station or a stabilized maritime VSAT antenna with a dish antenna that is smaller than three meters, and teleports (telecommunications port), a satellite ground station with multiple parabolic antennas (i.e., an antenna farm) that functions as a hub connecting a satellite or geocentric orbital network with a terrestrial telecommunications network.

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NewSat, Australia's Satellite Company

NewSat Limited (ASX: NWT) is Australia’s largest specialist satellite communications company, delivering Internet, voice, data and video communications via satellite. With its unique-to-Australia Teleport infrastructure, NewSat provides a full range of managed satellite communication services and has established a reputation as the partner of choice for governments, corporations and private enterprises. Today, NewSat has the ability to provide coverage to 75% of the globe; from Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, across the Indian Ocean extending into Europe and across the Pacific Ocean, reaching into the West coast of the USA.


NewSat’s world acclaimed Teleports in Perth (Western Australia) and Adelaide (South Australia) were Top 3 Finalists in the World Teleport Association’s 2012 and 2010 “Awards for Excellence” and made the 2011 “Top Operator Rankings”. Both Teleports are accredited to supply services to the Australian Department of Defence (DRSS) and are recognised as highly secure Global Access Points, supporting certified classified networks to ensure the transmission of vital and sensitive information for government clients.


NewSat will be expanding its satellite capabilities with the Jabiru Satellite Program, beginning with the launch and operation of Jabiru-1, Australia’s first independently owned commercial satellite. Jabiru-1, a large Ka- band next generation satellite, will provide superior coverage over South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Jabiru-2, also scheduled, will deliver enhanced coverage in and around Australia. NewSat has rights to eight premium orbital slots and its fleet of next generation geostationary satellites will lead Australia’s space quest. 

Diggers and Dealers' 20th

On its 20th anniversary, the Diggers & Dealers Forum is going to meet on August 6-8, 2012 at the Goldfields Arts Centre, Cheetham Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. They are bringing together again miners, suppliers and the investment community as the industry continues to grow, with Australia leading in the mining sector.

NewSat, Australia’s largest satellite provider, will be among the 150 exhibitors at this year’s event. With the continuing focus on the reduction of overhead costs and the increase of margins, satellite communications are helping to deliver savings for mine site operations and staff welfare. The company delivers fast and reliable Internet, voice, data and video conferencing to remote mining sites, not only increasing operational efficiencies, but also helping mining companies attract and retain the best staff through the provision of five-star in-room entertainment systems via satellite.

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NewSat Towards the World

NewSat, Australia’s largest satellite communications company, is providing vital communications for Australian Defence personnel located in far-flung places. They are also now preparing to launch its very own communications satellite.

Mike Keneally, Vice-President of Satellite Strategy, speaks to Grant Smith about the company’s Government Accredited Adelaide and Perth teleports, the services the Teleports provide Australian and US Defence Force personnel and Jabiru-1, Australia’ first locally owned commercial satellite.

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Americas, Key for Growth for NewSat?

"Are the Americas a key growth area for NewSat, and what is in store for NewSat for the rest of 2012?"

The line above is a question asked by Milsatmagazine (MSM) on an interview with Diego Paldao, NewSat's Senior Director-Americas. He said that the Americas region will certainly benefit from NewSat's global plans as they are planning to expand their presence in the region to support the growing demand from clients based in the Americas in general, and specifically the United States.

"NewSat has tremendous flexibility today in structuring agreements that help our clients start a new business or service so that we can grow together. Clients serving a growing market such as Latin America can certainly benefit from our partnership approach," Paldao said.

According to him, it is a very exciting time for NewSat: Lockheed Martin is several months into the build of Jabiru-1 and Jabiru-2, a hosted payload with MEASAT and will launch next year; and further satellites like Jabiru-3, Jabiru-4, and Jabiru-5 are being designed and are well underway to determining the best use of their remaining orbiting slots.

NewSat is to date the largest independent provider of satellite communications/communications satellite (COMSAT) or artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications in the Commonwealth of Australia, a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Newsat provides coverage to 75.5% of the Earth's surface, including their satellites, VSATs (very small aperture terminals), a two-way satellite ground station or a stabilized maritime VSAT antenna with a dish antenna that is smaller than three meters, and teleports (telecommunications port), a satellite ground station with multiple parabolic antennas (i.e., an antenna farm) that functions as a hub connecting a satellite or geocentric orbital network with a terrestrial telecommunications network.

See: Diego Paldao and NewSat

NewSat's Paldao on His Ka-Band Perception

"We are not trying to be all things to all people, but certain application such as ISR are an ideal fit for Ka-band." - Diego Paldao

Milsatmagazine (MSM) asked Diego Paldao, NewSat's Senior Director-Americas on his opinion about Ka-band, the one which covers the frequencies of 26.5-40 GHz, in the middle of all the varied perception.

Paldao said that Ka-band is the next generation of satellite technology as there's some forward thinking companies like: ViaSat, a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group; DIRECTV, an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California; SES, a global satellite owner and operator based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg and is listed in the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol SESG; and EchoStar Corporation, a technology company that is the owner and maintainer of the satellite fleet for closely affiliated Dish Network. These companies have been promoting and leveraging Ka-band capabilities for some time already. He believes that in the very near future, Ka-band will be more mature and understood in many new sectors.

"I think we will see a higher proliferation of Ka-band terminals due to higher demand, which will help drive down costs and standardize design, just like we saw with Ku-band," he said.

NewSat is to date the largest independent provider of satellite communications/communications satellite (COMSAT) or artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications in the Commonwealth of Australia, a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Newsat provides coverage to 75.5% of the Earth's surface, including their satellites, VSATs (very small aperture terminals), a two-way satellite ground station or a stabilized maritime VSAT antenna with a dish antenna that is smaller than three meters, and teleports (telecommunications port), a satellite ground station with multiple parabolic antennas (i.e., an antenna farm) that functions as a hub connecting a satellite or geocentric orbital network with a terrestrial telecommunications network.

In 1987, NewSat was founded by its CEO Adrian Ballintine and the co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation, an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States, that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing, Paul Allen, an American investor and philanthropist. The company started as a multimedia business. It survived the dotcom crash/bubble (also referred as the "Internet bubble" and the "Information Technology Bubble"), a historic speculative bubble covering roughly 1995-2000 (with a climac on March 10, 2000, with the NASDAQ peaking at 5132.52 in intraday trading before closing at 50048.62) during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise from growth in the Internet sector and related fields, to evolve into a fully-fledged satellite communications company. Most NewSat customers are located in Australia, the Middle East, a region that encompasses Western Asia and all of or part of Northern Africa, depending on the context; Africa is the world's second largest and second-most-populous continent, after Asia.

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