Telekom Austria Group. Photo: Telekom Austria Group

[Via Satellite 09-06-2016] Newtec has teamed up with Telekom Austria Group following an upgrade order for EUMETCast, the primary dissemination mechanism for the near real-time delivery of satellite data and products from the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

The first phases of the project will make an additional 18 MHz of satellite bandwidth available on Eutelsat 10A, located at 10 degrees east. By mid-2017, this will be upgraded to 36 MHz and made available to all end-users.

Telekom Austria will use Newtec MDM6000 satellite modems with the same Digital Video Broadcast-Satellite Second Generation (DVB-S2) service used on the current transponder for the new second transponder. The company will also establish the additional transponder at its teleport in Aflenz, Austria, with the current uplink, along with a back-up uplink available at its teleport in the “Vienna Arsenal” area in case of weather influence. Newtec is supplying modems for both of Telekom Austria’s uplink locations and will be placed in a one-for-one redundant set-up.

EUMETCast will also use an advanced uplink and downlink data integrity monitoring system based on the Newtec NOP1900 Multicast Software (formerly known as TelliCast). According to Newtec, this makes it possible to follow all data packets from the EUMETSAT office in Darmstadt, Germany, to EUMETCast receiving stations across Europe. This enables identification of packet loss in the complete transmission chain as well as faster troubleshooting and future fault prevention where the losses occur.