In summer 2022, two new communications satellites incorporating GMV technology were launched: "MEASAT-3D" from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, and "NILESAT-301" from the Canaveral Space Center in Florida.
MEASAT-3D is a communications satellite developed by Airbus and based on the "Eurostar 3000" platform, for which GMV has been in charge of updating the previous Satellite Control Center (SCC) software, called Real Time System (RTS) and Flight Dynamic System (FDS) which is also based on GMV products.
This update consists of providing the SCC with new versions and elements of the software, along with new hardware for the control center. GMV has deployed new versions of its Hifly®, Autofly, Archiva, Flyplan, Focusgeo and Focuscloseap products to operate MEASAT's satellite fleet.
The system includes the redundant satellite operations control center located in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, as well as a non-redundant backup satellite operations control center located in Bukit, Malaysia.
GMV is also participating in the N301 project, which consists of the delivery of a satellite control facility (SCF) to operate Nilesat's two telecommunications satellites: "Nilesat 201" and "Nilesat 301."
Nilesat 201 has been in operation since 2010 using GMV's technology. With the new satellite, the old system has been updated to also incorporate support for Nilesat 301. From now on, both satellites use GMV products Hifly®, Autofly, Archiva, Flyplan, Focusgeo, Centrallog, Flexplan®, Smartrings, SmartHz and Magnet.
Nilesat's control center in the Egyptian cities of Cairo and Alexandria, locations that are fully redundant and aligned so that operations can be easily migrated from one to another.
