A new Canadian aerospace player emerges with leading Voice over IP conferencing technology15 April 2005
SESS, a leading provider of customized system engineering and support solutions, today announced that it is
supporting the voice communications for the Italian Lazio User Center near Rome, Italy, and its connection to the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) in Munich, Germany for the upcoming Russian Soyuz 10S Mission.
This new multi-conference voice system introduces the use of Voice over IP technology between the control centers, which commences tomorrow night with the Soyuz 10S launch: 14 April 20:45 EST. Participants in the mission voice conferencing include the Italian Lazio User Center, the German Space Operations Center in Munich, the Mission Control Center in Houston, the Huntsville Operations Control Center, and the Mission Control Center in
Moscow.
Said Stephane Menard, President of SESS Canada: "We are pleased to have this opportunity to present Voice over IP technology to the space control center environment, and to showcase it for such an exciting mission. We
believe that a Voice over IP solution has many benefits - not only the obvious cost savings, but also the convergence of voice, video and data onto one network, and the extreme flexibility of the system. For this mission, we were able to remotely assist the Italian Control Center to install our software and securely connect within hours to the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) in Munich via a Virtual Private Network (VPN). This is not possible with current voice hardware platforms which require procurement, planning, shipping and
installation. The North American and European aerospace industries demand more than what has been available to them for standard voice conferencing systems - and today takes us one step closer to filling that demand."
Founded in 1999, SESS Germany is uniquely positioned to provide a broad spectrum of smart, customized system engineering and support solutions for the challenges faced by today's space industry and commercial markets. SESS has a solid track record of designing, defining and implementing complex systems and communications infrastructures. The company performed the design and definition of the Columbus Control Centre's subsystems and communications infrastructure with the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA in support of Columbus and ATV operations. In 2003 and 2004, SESS opened affiliates in France, the USA, and Canada.
The Canadian operations of SESS are aimed at research, design and product development. To support its growth in this region, SESS Canada will work with its alliance companies to market its expertise in operational systems, which span a wide variety of areas: command and telemetry systems and applications; Voice over IP conferencing product innovations; voice and video distribution systems (via MPEG-2 over IP and ATM); networks and storage networks; as well as spacecraft software simulators and 3D visualization.
Added Mr. Menard: "Not only can SESS provide complete server-based end-to-end voice conferencing solutions for control centers in Air Traffic Control, Space and Broadcast, as well as call centers, but also it is proving to be
indispensable as a backup solution to existing facilities, as it uses IP networks that are already in place. Control centers need the ability to set-up a user quickly, sometimes remotely and wireless, and not be impeded by custom
wiring and fixed hardware locations.
For more information on SESS, visit www.sess.ca .
About the Soyuz 10S Mission
The Russian Soyuz vehicle transports cosmonauts and astronauts to the International Space Station, and it is the longest serving manned spacecraft in the world. Following the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew of
seven on February 1, 2003, the ISS depends on Russia's Soyuz transports for crew trips to space and back to Earth. The NASA Shuttle's scheduled return to flight is May, 2005.
The Soyuz flight 10S - mission name "Eneide", Italian for "Aeneas" - the Trojan hero - is scheduled for launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to the ISS on April 14, 2005, at 20:45 EST carrying the Expedition 11 crew to
relieve the Expedition 10 crew. The Expedition 11 crew comprises Russian Sergei Krikalev and American John Phillips. Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori, who flew to the ISS aboard a Soyuz TM spacecraft in April 2002, will accompany this crew for a second trip to the station. His duties as Flight Engineer include performing two experiments in the Russian segment of the ISS, and one in the US segment. Vittori's backup astronaut is Robert Thirsk of the Canadian Space Agency.
Canadian Astronaut Dr. Thirsk trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow and became certified as a Flight Engineer for the Soyuz spacecraft.
Mission Parameters:
Launch Date: 14 April, 2005 20:45 Eastern Standard Time
Time to ISS: 2 days, 1 hour, 25 minutes
Docking: 16 April, 22:10 Eastern Standard Time
Altitude: 400km
Undocking: 24 April, 2005 14:38 Eastern Standard Time
Return Duration: 3 hours, 22 minutes
Landing: 24 April, 2005 18:00 Eastern Standard Time
For further information: Contact: Taryn Tomlinson, SESS Canada,
(450) 653-9669, taryn.tomlinson@sess.ca
Source: CNW Group
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