Skybrokers delivered and installed a VertexRSI 6,1m Antenna in Rome

Skybrokers completed the last antenna project for 2017! We delivered and installed an used and refurbished VertexRI 6.1m Earth Station Antenna to a client in Roma, Italy in December 2017. The project was performed by a three-member installation & project team with great help of the customer. Watch the video!

On May 27th SpaceX launch operator brought the Thaicom-8 communications satellite in orbit using their re-usable Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The rockets first stage was landing on one of the drone ships named: 'And I still Love You'.

Watch the spectacular footage made with an on-board camera attached to the Falcon 9 rocket during the landing on the drone ship!

Eutelsat-9B Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch base

Eutelsat, headquartered in Paris, France and world's 2nd largest Satellite operator launched their Eutelsat-9B Satellite on Jan 29th with a Proton Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrone Launch base in Kazachstan. The satellite, built by Airbus Defence & Space will be orbited at 9° E and will provide Latin American and government customers with video and data.

Check for more details, history of Eutelsat, satellite footprints and pictures our website:

http://www.sky-brokers.com/home/services/satelite-operators/eutelsat

  

Our customer had a very strict deadline and Skybrokers could deliver and install a 9m Earth station in Mexico-City just before X-mas. We have made a video of this RSI 9.2m Earth Station antenna. Please watch the video on YouTube and Vimeo.

Installation of a Vertex 9m earth station antenna in Germany

This week we (www.sky-brokers.com) will finish the refurbished 9m Vertex earth station antenna in Raisting, Germany. We had a bit of a delays due delay in parts arrival due to the weather condition in the USA. Our freight agent could not get our ordered parts in time in the aircraft carrier. We had to stop the installation with a two week pause. But our engineers work hard to get the antenna up and running now.

Currently the reflector and its sub is being aligned and it looks promising. The weather conditions in Munich area are very good (17degr C).

Installation of a refurbished Vertex 9m earth Station antenna in Germany

Skybrokers installation team is currently installing a refurbished Vertex 9m Earth Station antenna in Raisting (Munich area Germany). Local weather conditions are good and we are making very good progress. We still are waiting for parts from our US suppliers, but deliveries are a bit delayed due to the bad weather at the other side of the Atlantic.

We started on Tuesday Feb 4th and we expect to have the antenna aligned this weekend! The rest of next week we spend on installing the de-icing and closure, the electrical circuit, motorization and indoor equipment. Hope to be ready mid of February for moving to the next installation. Stay tuned!

OMNIAccess Marine Network Solutions assigned Skybrokers to assist in building up her new teleport on Mallorca

OMNIAccess Marine Network Solutions (http://www.omniaccess.com) assigned Skybrokers (http://www.sky-brokers.com) to assist in building their teleport on Mallorca (Balleares Islands, Spain). OMNIAccess supports the maritime vessels with their internet access.

The local press published an article in their newspapers. Please see copy below.

Skybrokers delivered 6 earth station antennas (new and used/refurbished antennas) to Mallorca and has their installation team assemble, install and align the antennas in a 5 weeks time frame. Currently the last antenna is being finished. 'The last big antenna is tracking as we speak'  the Skybrokers antenna Installation Supervisor said. Tomorrow we will finish this challenging project.

A video was made to show you how we installed three Andrew 3.7m ESA antennas.

Earth Station Antenna installation and maintenance

Skybrokers delivers, installs and maintains earth station antenna's worldwide. We are working with professional and certified antenna installers that have a can-do mentality and high flexible attitude. We have performed many installations & relocations worldwide (please check our compilation video on YouTube and have knowledge of almost all Earth Station antenna systems from 3m to 16m. Our day fees are most competitive. Please feel free to send us your inquiry.

Skybrokers recently released a press release about the research we performed in the used equipment market.

Last month we released a worldwide press release. And I am proud to annouce a lot satellite media published the results of our global research. Below the press release:

Global research among 927 satellite professionals by Skybrokers International shows that only 7% prefer 'only new' and 32% primarily new satellite equipment. The majority prefers 'only used' 18% and primarily used (43%) equipment. According to Walter van der Plas, CEO of Skybrokers, the research shows that satellite professionals cut cost on their purchasing budgets to survive a declining market.

Van der Plas: “We started the research among our clients because we noticed a change in the type of inquiries during 2011. Customers are more and more searching for the best deals and requesting proposals for new equipment in combination with proposals for used equipment.”

2012: would you buy USED or NEW?

With the introduction of our new website (www.sky-brokers.com), we also started a large, global research about the trends in the satellite equipment. Our first online research is about the trends in buying new or used satellite equipment.

On this blog we will update you on all new and used products we find on the market. Skybrokers is specialized in: Amplifiers, Antennas, BUC's, LNB's / LNC's, Maritime, Satellite Modems and Spectrum Analyzers.

We hope you like the new site, join our poll and want to receive our updates!

Regards,

Walter van der Plas