THE UK’S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY

Goonhilly is one of the most recognised names in the Space Industry. It’s famous throughout the world for being one of three earth stations involved in the first trans-Atlantic TV transmission (via Telstar) in 1962. It was present at the birth of Intelsat, Eutelsat and Inmarsat as well as the birth of the Internet as networks on the East and West coasts of USA were linked to Europe.

Goonhilly beamed the Moon landings to millions of viewers in 1969, Live-Aid in 1985, it took part in almost every major satellite communication development becoming the UK’s main route for international telephone calls via satellite, and it was the largest ground station for the INMARSAT network. As well as these astonishing firsts, Goonhilly was one of the main drivers of the new commercial economy of space communications opening up a gateway between the new satellite operators and the international telephone, TV and data networks.

Goonhilly is synonymous with innovative British engineering and technological skills and for being at the heart of the satellite communications industry. Now, under the private ownership of Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (GES Ltd), it continues to expand its commercial satellite communication service portfolio and is leading the way on private sector deep space communications.

Through GES Ltd, Goonhilly has received a major private capital investment programme, and this has recently been backed by UK Government support: GES Ltd has been given “Enterprise Zone” status – the government’s flagship programme for technology parks which will bring significant additional capital investment and offer benefits to incoming customers.

GES Ltd is winning new commercial business and providing services to all of the major satellite operators as well as providing a diverse portfolio of space communication and data related services to a broad customer base.

At GES Ltd, we welcome partnerships and collaborations and we are motivated to find the best solutions for all of our customers.

FOREWORD

Ian Jones, CEO

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OUR CORE VALUES

“To create the UK’s space communications gateway and a recognised centre of excellence in communications engineering, teleport services, R&D, manufacturing, training, outreach and education.”

MISSION

Our vision is for Goonhilly to be recognised as an internationally significant space and data communications centre which continues to lead in developing and deploying advanced solutions for our clients.

Technology – As Goonhilly is known to be a technology company, we want to stand out as the leading technology company in our field. To achieve this, we will strive to invest our efforts in leading and promoting new developments in space communications and data services.

Excellence – We aim to be competent, professional and diligent in all aspects of our business and all interactions with external parties. We will plan our work to ensure that the company succeeds by meeting our customer’s requirements. We will follow best industry practice in planning to mitigate risks to customer service.

Heritage – We are mindful of the rich heritage and global brand recognition of Goonhilly. We respect the achievements of our predecessors and build on that achievement to enhance our own inspiring track-record of technology excellence.

Helping our customers grow their businesses by providing excellent service and value are the key aims of all our staff. We love coming to work at Goonhilly and building the best technical assets we can.

We strongly believe that excellent people are the critical part of our business. We employ some of the world’s leading experts in their fields with many years’ experience and wide international recognition for their knowledge and skills. We are investing in the next generation of engineers in recruiting, training and supporting the best staff we can find.

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Goonhilly is owned, managed and operated by GES Ltd, a private UK company established to develop Goonhilly into a 21st century space science park centered around the unique infrastructure. Our team is comprised of highly skilled professionals and experienced satellite communications engineers who have been involved in many of the innovations in satellite communications and space science in the past 30 years.

ABOUT US

Ian Jones, CEO Piran Trezise, COO

Steve Jones, Commercial Director Matthew Cosby, Director & Chief Scientist

CLIENTS

GES Ltd clients now include some of the biggest names in the space industry including the world’s biggest satellite operators:

CORNWALL - A UNIQUE LOCATION

Goonhilly is situated in a unique location - at a strategic geographic “space-crossroads”. We have the perfect location to support:

Commercial satellite communications International Space Station and nano satellites Deep space communications Radio astronomy & space science

In addition we benefit from some of the best fibre connectivity in the whole of the UK.

Photograph courtesy of Planet

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GES Ltd has many years of experience in providing a number of simultaneous TT&C (Telemetry, Tracking and Command) services from various antennas at Goonhilly, including the provision of satellite drift mission support. This work is considered to be a highly skilled task which is only entrusted to a small group of earth stations around the world and GES Ltd have the perfect combination of highly skilled engineers and multiple antenna assets to provide these services.

The TT&C ground station provides the secure data communications link for the control centre to monitor and control the status of the spacecraft and operation of its subsystems ensuring that the satellite performs as expected. The three main functions are to:

TT&C manages subsystems and functions including attitude control, station-keeping, power, thermal, payload and fuel parameters.

TT&C SERVICESSATELLITE COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Goonhilly is a carrier-grade satellite communications centre with all the necessary components to provide world-class service whilst giving excellent value-for-money.

In addition to our recent investment, our teleport benefits from the investment in infrastructure made over decades by Goonhilly’s previous owners, in an era where quality and resilience were achieved whatever the cost. This has resulted in a site which is set out on a scale which would be unimaginable if starting from scratch today, using highly reliable materials and components with ultimate resilience.

Now GES Ltd, as an agile, flexible company with much lower overheads and boundless enthusiasm, are able to provide best service and reliability at competitive prices.

Receive and demodulate beacon signals from the satellite to monitor the health of the on-board sub-systems

Track and determine the location of the spacecraft through the transmission, reception and processing of ranging signals

Modulate, and transmit encoded commands to the satellite to control, activate, deactivate and reconfigure subsystems and modes of operation, repoint directional antennas

We work with all satellite operators and our teleport can provide permanent and occasional use uplink and downlink services. Our dual and diverse 100 Gbit/s fibre network is directly peered with major global telehouses, allowing simple and cost-effective access to Goonhilly.

From news stories and sporting events to TV and radio channels, we can deliver your content reliably and securely.

BROADCAST SERVICES

Goonhilly Earth Station is ideally located to access satellites from 75° W to 65° E.

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Modifying our 32 m and 30 m antennas to be compatible with NASA & ESA’s Deep Space Network allows a cost-effective access to communications and ranging services to beyond GEO (geostationary equatorial orbit) spacecraft. The flexible design to these large antennas allows customer’s proprietary systems to also be supported.

Goonhilly will be leading the world’s first commercial deep space network service to provide necessary additional capacity over and above existing NASA and ESA deep space networks. In addition, we are launching our own commercial mission to the Moon with partners SSTL and ESA.

In 2020, we plan to launch Lunar Pathfinder 1 with a payload of lunar cubesats. Goonhilly will provide the communications link and mission operations facility.

DEEP SPACE NETWORK

Goonhilly is developing the capability to support the exploration of Lunar and Deep Space for institutions and private enterprise.

ANTENNAS AT GOONHILLY

Antenna Size (m) Gain Tx (dBi) Band G/T (dB/K)

GHY - 1 25.9 60.14 C 39.3

GHY - 3 29.6 62.7 C 41.7

GHY - 4 19.0 66.8 Ku 41.2

GHY - 6 32.0 64.3 C 40.4

GHY - 6 32.0 69.7 Ku 44.7

GHY - 20 4.6 55.0 Ku 32.0

GHY - 23 18.0 59.2 C 36.6

GHY - 35 4.6 55.0 Ku 32.0

GHY - 38 6.1 56.8 Ku 33.0

GHY - 40 6.1 57.3 Ku 34.2

GHY - 51 13.1 57.2 C (Extended) 35.1

GHY - 60 13.1 56.5 C 34.9

GHY - 61 13.1 63.2 Ku 39.4

GHY - 98 5.0 38.0 / 50.0 S/X 16.6/29.8

GHY - 99 3.8 35.0 / 47.0 S/X 13.9/25.0

GHY - 100 16.0 58.8 C 36.0

GHY - 101 2.4 - Ka -

GHY - 102 9.3 53.5 C 32.0

GHY - 103 4.5 55.0 Ku 32.0

GHY - 104 9.0 60.4 Ku 37.4

GHY - 105 9.0 59.6 Ku 36.5

GHY - 106 6.3 57.5 Ku 34.4

GHY - 107 7.3 51.6 C 29.0

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Antenna Azimuth & Elevation Angles from Goonhilly:

Goonhilly is an ideal site to host LEO/MEO (low/medium Earth orbit) constellation tracking antennas. We have the space available on a secure, well-connected site to provide horizon-to-horizon views with almost no blocking. In addition, we have dual and diverse fibre connectivity, 24/7 engineering cover and resilient power to provide the highest levels of support.

Due to its geographical position, Goonhilly is particularly well suited to support ISS based missions and one antenna is equipped to provide video downlink feeds from the International Space Station using the ARISS DVB system.

We can provide a range of services to support this market, ranging from antenna build and hosting for customers with the provision of engineering support, connectivity and power through to rental for individual orbits or any combination of satellite pass schedules.

LEO/MEO OPERATIONS

We host 2 fully agile, remotely controllable X/S Band LEO/MEO antennas at Goonhilly and have planning permission for further expansion to support this growing market.

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Goonhilly Earth Station presents a unique opportunity for high quality data centre provision in an iconic setting. We are carrier neutral and currently have dual and diverse fibre connectivity from each of two separate vendors (Jisc & BT), and the potential to expand terrestrial bandwidth. Goonhilly is the landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 sub-sea cable (2 fibre pairs with multiple wavelengths and a design capacity of 12.8 Tbit/s) connecting Europe to Asia, and cross-strapped into a number of other sub-sea cables with landing stations in Cornwall. Redundant IP6 PoPs make us a direct peering point on the internet.

Our connectivity through Jisc (the commercial arm of the UK academic network, JANET) gives us unprecedented direct connectivity to London Telehouses, as well as every university in Europe, Google, Microsoft, BBC, Netflix, Akamai, BTNet, NHS (N3), Pipex, Linx and Geant. We also benefit from the Jisc network performance excellence, which has been fantastic since its early deployment.

Implementation of ISO 27001 accreditation is underway. The data centre is served by a major 11 kV power distribution network meeting Tier 4 (99.995% availability) standards. As part of the energy mix available, customers can also benefit from our 350 kWatt solar PV array to enhance their “green energy” credentials.

The existing data centre buildings are already built to a high specification with A & B power supplies, raised floor and high ceiling voids for efficient air conditioning, and we aim to install ‘cold aisle’ rack suites and modular N+1 air handling and UPS systems offering the best possible cooling efficiencies and power security. Goonhilly Earth Station is well connected yet geographically remote, and thus gives good physical diversity from existing data centres. With a range of low latency national and international connections, GES Ltd are able to offer a range of hosting and co-location services. All of this means that getting lots of data to Goonhilly is simple and cost-effective.

DATA CENTRE CAPABILITIES

GES Ltd have been commissioned to deliver a number of bespoke communications based projects. By way of example, we have worked with a major client on the design of a containerised reference earth station that may be shipped to any location around the world for testing satellites and earth stations. Tasks included major modifications to an existing 3.7 m, trailer-mounted antenna so that it could fit into half the space of a standard high cube 40’ shipping container. The other half of the container accommodates a test area including high power amplifiers, RF switching, earth station control, test equipment and computers, allowing the facility to be remotely viewed, controlled and operated over the internet.

GES Ltd also adapt and modify antenna systems to develop and support a range of services from TV to TT&C and we are currently undertaking major refits on three of the largest antennas at Goonhilly (from 26 m to 32 m diameter) to repurpose them for radio astronomy and deep space communications.

BESPOKE PRODUCTION

At Goonhilly Earth Station, we have a proven capability to design, develop and adapt systems and equipment to meet bespoke requirements.

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The team is equipped with:

ON-SITE ENGINEERING SERVICES

Our Engineering Support Team is highly experienced and able to provide 24/7/365 support cover across a full range of satellite communication and data centre services.

Bobcat 4/140 Telehandler with a 4 ton lifting capacity and 14 m reach with heavyweight personnel basket, crane hook attachment and standard forks.

Landrover mounted 14.5 m Gardener Denver Elevating Platform.

Gennie S-85 self-propelled elevating platform with 26 m reach and a rotating platform.

Industrial pressure washing and cleaning facilities.

A fully stocked fuel, oil and lubricant bay and engineering workshops.

This flagship status needs sign-off by every government department and is only given to exceptional science park developments. This offers the potential for financial incentives to companies locating business at Goonhilly and ultimately could be worth many millions of pounds in investment in infrastructure and inward investment support.

ENTERPRISE ZONE

Goonhilly has been awarded Enterprise Zone status by national government.

We offer individual/open-plan office facilities, access to meeting rooms, and use of our training/conference wing. With the South West Centre of Excellence for Satellite Applications and other like-minded businesses right on site, Goonhilly Earth Station is the perfect place to establish and nurture your professional network.

As an Enterprise Zone, benefits include a route to easier planning and development. Our dual and diverse connectivity combined with satellite communications and sub sea cables make Goonhilly Earth Station one of the most connected business parks in the world. With access to space communications, data storage and processing facilities, well-equipped labs, ample office and workshop space, and zero business rates, the Goonhilly Enterprise Zone offers a fantastic opportunity for business development.

Surrounded by stunning views of the Lizard section of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and within a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, all conditions are met to ignite your creativity and take your business to the next level.

ACCOMMODATION AT GOONHILLY

Our site is the ideal location to grow your space, satellite, data or technology business.

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At Goonhilly we are keen to ensure sustainability for our work force and future generations within the industry. We offer a range of courses designed for various stages of education & training related to satellite communications, space mission operations, general STEM aspects of our work, and sometimes even including art (STEAM). Our programmes include:

To tighten connections between academia and the space sector, we sponsor graduate students on projects related to our business. We have led leadership training courses working closely alongside NASA astronauts and the former Head of NASA Johnson Spaceflight Centre. Working alongside our university partners, we also deliver business and communication engineering training in Africa.

Furthermore, we were instrumental in the establishment of the European Space Agency education outreach network (ESERO), and its implementation as part of the UK Science Learning Centres.

TRAINING & EDUCATION

“At Goonhilly we are keen to ensure sustainability for our work force and future generations within the industry.”Ian Jones, CEO

Space Mission Operations training for professionals and university students (4-day course)

Year 10 Work Experience (5-day experience)

Year 12 Summer School (5-day experience)

Placements around research, technical and business aspects for students at secondary and tertiary education (duration varies)

Bespoke tours and workshops

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