23rd March 2015
After six months at the ISS (International Space Station) for Space Mission 41/42, Roscosmos Cosmonaut and Flight Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, Cosmonaut Elena Serova and NASA Astronaut Barry Wilmore, have returned safely to Earth in the manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-14M". The transport spacecraft (landing vehicle) landed southeast of city of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan on 12th March 2015.
Satcom Global LLC, Russia worked closely with Roscosmos ahead of and during the landing to provide a satellite communications solution to facilitate live video streaming from the landing site to the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev. Satcom Global employed two Cobham EXPLORER 700 BGAN terminals over the Inmarsat network, as well as Cisco Telepresence videoconferencing codecs, in order to provide live video broadcasting of the landing in real time and establish the two-way video conferencing session in double satellite hop.
The live video coverage from the landing site is collected and analysed on-line by experts from the Mission Control Center, RSC "Energy", in order to assess Roscosmos’ management and progress in search and rescue operations, as well as the post-flight condition of the astronauts and spacecraft systems.
Roscosmos reported that Inmarsat’s BGAN service and EXPLORER 700 terminals proved as a prompt, convenient, and stable solution for video broadcasting, telephone communications and emergency data in harsh field conditions.
Please check out www.satcomglobal.com/BGAN for more information on Inmarsat’s BGAN Service and terminals, and if you are interested in buying BGAN airtime and terminals, please speak to one of our friendly experts in your region www.satcomglobal.com/contact-us
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