VertexRSI 9m installation & refurbishment at ESA Redu for SES Satellite operator

Our project and installation team currently works on a installation and refurbishment of a VertexRSI 9m Earth Station Antenna for SES satellite operator. The antenna is being installed at the ESA site in Redu, Belgium.

SpaceX' Falcon Heavy maiden flight and orbits a Tesla Roadster!

Elon Musk' SpaceX made it happen again! His Falcon Heavy launcher, the most powerful rocket until date, successfully made its maiden flight and orbited a Tesla Roadster with a dummy driver. The car is playing David Bowie's Space Oddity and will stay in orbit forever heading to Mars and beyond. Watch the video of the launch!

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.

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.”