Corporate Info
atContact Communications, LLC was created as a Colorado limited liability company in December 1997 for the purpose of creating a satellite network and teleport to service the demand for high speed data, audio and video communication, including public safety in remote and underserved areas of the globe.
In December of 1997, atContact filed an Application at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a Non-Geostationary Satellite in Orbit (NSGO), Ka-Band Constellation.
As part of its overall strategy to deliver high-speed “connectivity”, atContact acquired a 52-acre satellite uplink facility in Douglas County in 1999. This site has been developed into the atContact Teleport combining a fully equipped satellite uplink center and broadcast playout facility. AtContact installed fiber optics to the Qwest facility in Castle Rock and microwave redundancy. This teleport will be the initial Network Operations Center for atContact.
The Uplink/Downlink teleport provides broadcast data and digital or analog audio/video satellite services. It is located in a 3600 sq. ft. telephone company built control center, which is manned by experienced operations and engineering personnel. The transmitted point-to-point or point-to-multipoint services can be received in all North and South American locations and in Western Europe via all available commercial satellites. Currently atContact provides comprehensive broadcast services using fiber, microwave and satellite technologies to rural areas in the U.S and Antarctica.
In March 2004 atContact amended that Application to provide for a global NGSO constellation comprised of only 7 satellites. The system is comprised of four interconnected GEO’s at or about 121 W.L,; 83 W.L.; 130 E.L;. 34 E.L;. and three Highly Elliptical Orbit satellites or HEO’s. similar to that currently utilized by Sirius.
14th April 2006
atContact was granted FCC Approval giving authorization for a satellite system consisting of three non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) satellites and four geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) satellites to provide fixed-satellite service (FSS) in the Ka-band.
In addition to construct three NGSO FSS satellites capable of operating in the18.8-19.3 GHz and 28.6-29.1 GHz frequency bands on a primary basis, in the 29.5-30.0 GHz frequency band on a secondary basis, and in the 19.7-20.2 GHz frequency band on a non-conforming basis.
The approval also enables contactMEO to construct, launch, and operate four GSO FSS satellites in the 28.6-29.1 GHz frequency band on a secondary basis, and in the 18.8-19.3 GHz frequency band on a nonconforming basis.