Using Satellite Asset Tracking Systems
An asset tracking system utilizes global positioning satellite technology in order to provide exact information on the location of linked devices and allows businesses or organizations to monitor goods from a centralized location. Linking satellite phones and other devices to satellite communications enables management to more swiftly develop an understanding of the location of assets in transit and enables a quick recovery in case of theft. There are also many possible uses for an asset tracking system depending upon one’s occupation or business.
Military uses of this type of technology have a wide range of applications, from keeping track of supplies and resources to locating and projecting the location of troops and supplies in battlefields that are both virtual and real. A more mundane, industrial use might involve following the transport of important goods from one location to the other, deflating risk and securing the value of assets against theft or the possibility of loss. This may be useful in mining operations, construction, engineering, tracking and coordinating cars on railways for metropolitan transportation, as well as uses by NGOs and humanitarian organizations that need to account for personnel and medicine, food or other supplies that are being traversed across potentially volatile territory.
Assets may be tracked with satellite phones that are connected to the Iridium satellite system, providing coverage to every terrestrial terrain from pole to pole. The 66 satellites that compose the Iridium system are in low earth orbital (LEO) patterns, meaning that they are just beyond the limits of earth’s atmosphere, providing quicker routing for earth-to-satellite communications. They are staggered in patterns and trajectories that cover the entire surface of the globe at all times, including polar regions, so that any time of day at any given place on the planet, at least a handful of satellites are orbiting overhead in order to relay messages from mobile devices, enabling the use of an asset tracking system in the most remote locations.
An asset tracking system may most commonly be used in monitoring the progress of vehicles from one location to another and can provide information set by specific parameters besides specific location, such as the speed of the vehicle, the condition of the engine temperature, the amount of fuel available, and several other components. Updates can be sent to a satellite phone or other device when certain conditions are met, such as when the vehicle arrives at a specific location or when the driver exceeds the speed limit. The potential for an asset tracking system’s many uses is almost limitless.
GIT Satellite, LLC offers the Iridium, Inmarsat, Globalstar, OrbComm, VSAT and BGAN voice and data applications, including asset tracking systems, through its global marketing footprint. GIT provides design, integration, and specialty solutions to Fortune 100 companies, governmental agencies, and enterprise vertical markets. GIT provides 24-hour customer support and offers training, consulting, and application information for all voice and data applications. See GIT online at http://www.gitsat.com/index.php?p=home or call +1-512-918-9502 for more information.
An asset tracking system utilizes global positioning satellite technology in order to provide exact information on the location of linked devices and allows businesses or organizations to monitor goods from a centralized location. Linking satellite phones and other devices to satellite communications enables management to more swiftly develop an understanding of the location of assets in transit and enables a quick recovery in case of theft. There are also many possible uses for an asset tracking system depending upon one’s occupation or business.
Military uses of this type of technology have a wide range of applications, from keeping track of supplies and resources to locating and projecting the location of troops and supplies in battlefields that are both virtual and real. A more mundane, industrial use might involve following the transport of important goods from one location to the other, deflating risk and securing the value of assets against theft or the possibility of loss. This may be useful in mining operations, construction, engineering, tracking and coordinating cars on railways for metropolitan transportation, as well as uses by NGOs and humanitarian organizations that need to account for personnel and medicine, food or other supplies that are being traversed across potentially volatile territory.
Assets may be tracked with satellite phones that are connected to the Iridium satellite system, providing coverage to every terrestrial terrain from pole to pole. The66satellitesthat compose the Iridium systemareinlowearthorbital(LEO)patterns,meaningthattheyarejustbeyondthelimitsofearth’satmosphere,providingquickerroutingforearth-to-satellitecommunications.Theyarestaggeredinpatternsandtrajectoriesthatcovertheentiresurfaceoftheglobeatalltimes,includingpolarregions,sothatanytimeofdayatanygivenplaceontheplanet,atleastahandfulofsatellitesareorbitingoverheadinordertorelaymessagesfrommobiledevices,enabling the use of an asset tracking system in the most remote locations.
An asset tracking system may most commonly be used in monitoring the progress of vehicles from one location to another and can provide information set by specific parameters besides specific location, such as the speed of the vehicle, the condition of the engine temperature, the amount of fuel available, and several other components. Updates can be sent to a satellite phone or other device when certain conditions are met, such as when the vehicle arrives at a specific location or when the driver exceeds the speed limit. The potential for an asset tracking system’s many uses is almost limitless.
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GIT Satellite, LLC offers the Iridium, Inmarsat, Globalstar, OrbComm, VSAT and BGAN voice and data applications, including asset tracking systems, through its global marketing footprint. GIT provides design, integration, and specialty solutions to Fortune 100 companies, governmental agencies, and enterprise vertical markets. GIT provides 24-hour customer support and offers training, consulting, and application information for all voice and data applications. See GIT online at http://www.gitsat.com/index.php?p=home or call +1-512-918-9502 for more information.
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