[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  GMV has launched SmartRings 2.0, the latest version of its telecommunications satellite payload reconfiguration tool, the company announced Sept. 21.

Engineers can use SmartRings during the payload reconfiguration process for changes in the transmission plan or in response to component failures and service interruptions.

"We have significantly sped up the reconfiguration process, which allows operators to quickly diagnose the problem and implement a solution safely and quickly,”Theresa Beech, managing director and vice president of business development of GMV Space Systems, said in a statement.

A trail copy of the software is available at http://www.smart-rings.com/.