SpaceCom possesses great knowledge and vast experience in electronics, mechanics and software, and consequently is capable of developing advanced solutions to meet the many challenges of the communication market.

A SpaceCom antenna includes not only a highly efficient antenna array but a number of electronic units integrated in the antenna platform. The antenna is connected to the BDU (Below Deck Unit) through a single coaxial cable through which all signals pass. The antenna must withstand severe environmental conditions – temperature, humidity, vibrations – and be resistant to corrosion by salt water.

The electronic and mechanical parts are protected by a sturdy fiberglass radome –transparent to radio waves - that can withstand everything from swirling salt water to violent desert sand-storms.

“Producing it was hard work”, recalls Peter Nielsen, referring to one of the first prototypes, REA4 1988-89, actually produced on the kitchen table. The REA4 was provided with a variant of the so-called Short Backfire Antenna. A gyroscope is used to stabilize the directional setting of the antenna, and the inertia in a rotating wheel keeps the orientation in three axes regardless of which movements the antenna is exposed to.

In January 2009, antenna no. 50.000 saw the light of day.