Thaicom Public Company Limited (Thaicom) has awarded Kratos a contract for its end-to-end ground system. The ground system will enable Thaicom to configure the satellite and ground system in tandem to deliver services to customers on demand optimizing the advanced features of its new software-defined satellite, THAICOM-10.
Thaicom acquired its first software-defined satellite, THAICOM-10, to continue to deliver enhanced services for its customers. This flexible satellite will enable Thaicom to dynamically adjust capacity and coverage while in orbit, adapting seamlessly to changes in demand. This new software-defined capability drove Thaicom’s need for new more advanced capabilities on the ground to support the flexible payload.
“The Asia Pacific region is highly dynamic and responsive to changing market needs, so the combination of a software-defined satellite with a flexible ground system working in unison offers Thaicom a great opportunity to improve service quality, capture revenue as well as enable innovative new business cases for its customers,” explained John Chay, Vice President of APAC region for Kratos.
To enable the satellite to provide capacity when and where needed by customers, Thaicom selected Kratos to deliver a satellite operation center (SOC) for THAICOM-10. Kratos’ end-to-end ground solution will unlock the full potential of the software-defined satellite by enabling Thaicom to fly the satellite, plan the satellite resources, orchestrate the satellite payload configuration along with the ground in unison to deliver services to customers.
“As we modernize and replenish our satellite fleet, Kratos is providing advanced ground capabilities such as traffic planning, resource orchestration, and performance monitoring to support our software-defined satellite,” explained Park Boonyubol, Senior Vice President of Technology and Satellite Operations at Thaicom. “Their proven experience delivering a complete satellite control system for the THAICOM 8 satellite and their breadth of capabilities across the ground segment brings us confidence that we will maximize the full value of our THAICOM-10 satellite.”
Kratos has a proven track record of delivering state-of-the-art ground solutions and is at the forefront of developing new capabilities to support today’s software-defined satellites. The company works closely with the leading satellite manufacturers to support multiple satellite payloads. Kratos also brings a breadth of experience across the ground segment in areas such as satellite command and control (C2), telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C), payload operations, network management and spectrum monitoring to deliver integrated satellite and ground system solutions.
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