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| Primary Gateway |
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| The Primary Gateway, situated
in Sharjah, UAE, is responsible for Thuraya's entire network,
in addition to serving as the mobile satellite system's
main digital exchange. The Primary Gateway houses the
Satellite Operation Centre, which monitors and controls
satellite movement, ensuring the overall and ongoing maintenance
of satellites in geo-synchronous orbit. |
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| The striking glass
structure comprises the satellite control facilities and
the Gateway Station. The satellite control facilities
includes the Satellite Operations Center, Uplink Beacon
Station and the Satellite Payload Central Point, while
the Gateway Station includes the gateway station subsystem,
network switching subsystem and the advanced operations
center and operations support subsystem. Outside the Primary
Gateway building are the primary dish (c-band antennae)
and the back up dish whose function is to command the
satellite. |
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| Billed as the only
such facility in the Middle East region, Thuraya’s
Primary Gateway station provides the necessary interface
with other Thuraya Gateways (via satellite) and public
terrestrial networks. |
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