| StarTrak
Pigging Technologies working
with ORBCOMM to provide a New
SCADA
extension.
ORBCOMM
is a satellite service provider
offering high
value, two way data
and messaging communications. Since 1995, with the launch of two
low-Earth
orbit (LEO) satellites, ORBCOMM has processed over one million messages
providing information on sensor monitoring, environmental conditions
and
two-way data communications on land and sea. Now fully operational
since
November 1998, with a constellation of 28 satellites..
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The integrated solution:
- cost
efficient
- captures
all pipeline
operational data
- two-way
communication with
Pipeline Control (PLC)
- cost
effective alternative to
SCADA
- can
use clients existing
formats for easy integration
- low
construction and
implementation costs
- reduces
operating
expenses
- fixed
or portable
- can
be implemented to clients
specifications
- remote
metering
- secure
- remote
E-mail access
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Satellite (LEO)
- PLC Photo or Art by
permission of
ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM LEO
satellite network and StarTrak
Pigging
Technologies have teamed to provide an innovative solution for
remote
monitoring and data communications for the International Pipeline
Industry.
The ORBCOMM
LEO satellites, orbiting at
approximately
500 miles above the earth to provide two-way global communications
available
to exploration, production and pipeline companies. Orbcomm now has a
constellation
of 28 satellites in low-Earth orbit and 14 gateway earth stations
installed
or under construction on five continents.
Global messaging
By using
either a GSC 100 or a laptop
with a satellite
communicator connected to a serial port, E-mail messages (less than
1000
characters) can be sent to and received from anywhere in the world. |
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Data Communications
Using any
of the Orbcomm
communicators and an RTU data
may be collected and sent through the Orbcomm network to anywhere in
the
world. Reporting can be on exception, a timed basis, by request or a
combination. |
ORBCOMM
is now able to provide
fixed-site monitoring,
mobile asset tracking and two-way messaging/wireless e-mail services on
a global scale.
Provides
global, remote, economical
monitoring of pipelines
by acquiring and transmitting data necessary for operations and safety
of pipelines.
Communicators
presently available:
Magellan OEM 200 |
Magellan GSC 100 |
Panasonic 7100 & 7200 series |
Quake |
Stellar 2500 |
Stellar 2000 |
Pipeline
Monitoring
Products from StarTrak
Pipeline
Data Communication using LEO Satellites - 3/99
Paper given at
Entelec '99 by Ernest
Casey and
Tom Cooney (Orbcomm)
A
Case Study by ORBCOMM
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