If you’re developing satellite-based technologies, our SatComms Lab provides access to a range of different satellite hardware, including an antenna farm located on the roof of the building that feeds directly back into the lab environment.

The SatComms lab consists of eight workstations that connect to the antennas and allow for various configurations to be set up and tested.

Hardware available in the SatComms lab includes:

• Sailor Fleetband 250
• Sailor 6080A
• Intellian FB250
• Thrane &Thrane Explorer 300
• Thrane &Thrane Explorer 500
• Thrane &Thrane Explorer  700
• Hughes 9202
• Hughes 9350-C10
• JRC251
• Iridium Pilot
• Skywave IDP690
• Avanti

Workstations comprise of:

• I7-3740QM Mobile Processor, running windows 7 pro 64bit with 1Tb hard drives and 16GB ram
• HP ZR30w 30 inch LCD Monitors