South Pole Renewal Project. The Situation The Amundsen Scott South Pole Station, located at the geographic South Pole, is one of three continuously staffed United States Antarctic Program research stations. The most isolated of the three stations, South Pole Station is accessible by air from the larger McMurdo Station only four months of the year.
Reliable communications are essential.
The goal has been to provide an outbound capability of 5 Mbps during the period that the satellites are visible. Satellite Networks also designed the synthesized up converters, down converters and the band-switchable test translator. The Benefits Rugged. The earth station had to be capable of operating in temperatures as low as -82.8 C with winds to 50 mph. Accurate tracking and acquisition at extremely low look angles.