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EMS TECHNOLOGIES COMPLETES DELIVERIES OF SPACE ANTENNA.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, October, 2001

EMS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELMG) of Atlanta, Georgia recently delivered a spare high-gain antenna for the International Space Station. This space-to-ground antenna, capable of data rates of up to 75 Mbps, is used for all high data-rate transmissions and receptions to the International Space Station (ISS). Its 74-in diameter parabolic cassegrain reflector carries multi-channel video as well as high-speed scientific data.

Using sophisticated materials [titanium, carbon fiber and Kevlar(tm)], the gimbaled Ku-band antenna automatically tracks NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.

This delivery is the final shipment of communications antennas for the ISS. A total of three S-band (two on-orbit and one ground spare) and three Ku-band...

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