Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., recently received orders for satellite ground equipment from Digital Communications Corporation (DCC), a M/A-COM company. The order calls for products to be used in satellite shore stations being constructed or retrofitted for service in the INMARSAT maritime communications program.
Under one order, Scientific-Atlanta will furnish RF equipment and pilot oscillators for DCC's order to upgrade COMSAT General's present Southbury, Conn., MARISAT shore station to accommodate INMARSAT communications traffic. INMARSAT, the multination international maritime satellite commission, will provide communications service to the world's maritime fleet beginning in early 1982.
A second order calls for Scientific-Atlanta single channel per carrier (SCPC-FM) modems and baseband equipment to be delivered to DCC. The units will be used to provide INMARSAT ship-to-shore voice and telex communications service through a shore station operated by the British Telecom at the Goonhilly Downs Earth Station, England.