Peacesat

PEACESAT largely relies on the use of satellite communications given the large expanse of the Pacific Islands region. Beginning with the use of the U.S. NASA ATS-1 satellite in 1971, PEACESAT has provided experimental narrowband satellite communications to interconnect educational institutions, health care organizations, governments, and other non-... profit organizations. Over the years, PEACESAT used a series of satellites (ATS-1, ATS-3, GOES-3, GOES-2, GOES-7) provided by the NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for development and public service telecommunications. Today, in addition to using the GOES-7 satellite, PEACESAT also helps to interconnect Pacific sites to others through: Intelsat links provided through a partnership with the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority that has contributed capacity for health care and education; Fiber optics connections to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Integrated Services Digital Networking (ISDN); and, Robust connections provided by the University of Hawaii such as an OC-3 connection to the Asia-Pacific Applications Network (APAN). ICT Capacity Building - Education and TrainingRead More