Marine

Communications
Technology
By: Oishi Halwader

With ship traffic increasing

around the world, it has
become ever more important to
improve safety and security
and to safeguard our
environment out at sea.

Marine Satellite
Communications

What is it used for

Satellite communications provide the coverage that is
needed for boats, and have grown to offer services that rival
other forms of communications.
Common Marine satellite services include:
voice calling
data services -for satellite email and Internet Access
weather and oceanographic data access- for navigation and
fishing.
tracking services- in order to keep shoreside operations
informed for location.
Distress alerting

History and How it has Evolved

The industry started with the founding in 1979 of the
International Maritime Satellite Organization for the
purpose of establishing a satellite communications
network for the maritime community.Eventually Inmarsat
was privatized.
Many other companies have launched commercial
efforts for large vessels with C-band and other satellite
technologies, and new Low-earth Orbit providers.

How it
works
A major advantage of Communication
satellites are that they can send
signals from one satellite to many
many locations, and they don't require
extensive infrastructure
The satellites relay a wide range of
radio and microwave frequencies.
These satellites catch signals sent up
to them from a ground-based satellite
transmitter dish, amplifying them via a
transponder so they have enough
strength to continue , and then bounce
them back down somewhere else to
the satellite receiving dish.

Most satellites have at least two parts in common - an antenna

and a power source. The antenna is used to send and receive
information. The power source for example a solar panel that
makes power by turning sunlight into electricity.

Maritime Satellite
communications service for
everybody who spends time on
the water and provide the
coverage that boaters need.

Radar

What is it used
for
marine radar has been praised as
boon to reduced visibility navigation,
and is now required for installation on
most seagoing vessels.
Marine radars are X band or S band
radars to provide bearing and distance
of ships and land targets in vicinity
from own ship for collision avoidance
and navigation at sea. Radar is a vital
component for safety at sea and near
the shore.

How it works
Captains inside a dark room with no visibility need to safely
navigate their way through waters in the worst of weather
Displays can often overlay charting, radar, sonar into a single
system
Marine radar has performance adjustment controls for
brightness and contrast, gain, tuning, sea clutter and rain
clutter suppression, and interference reduction. Other
common controls consist of range scale, bearing cursor,
fix/variable range marker or bearing/distance cursor.

History and how it has evolved

The history of radar starts with Heinrich Hertzs experiments in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected
by metallic objects.This led to the development of systems able to produce short pulses of radio energy and allowed modern radar
systems to come into existence.
Radar has been used by mariners since the first radars started appearing in quantity in the U.S. and British fleets in 1942. In
World War II, at night when all ships were darkened, radar was the military vessels primary sensor for detection of surface
targets, station keeping information, for intercepting targets, for keeping merchant ship convoys in formation and for entering and
leaving port in poor visibility.
After the war, merchant ships were equipped with radar with mixed results.
The development over the years of what is required to effectively use radar to maneuver and navigate a ship is explored.

Marine Radars
Video

Radar is a vital component for

safety at sea and near the shore

See more at:

http://www.globalmarinenet.com/marine-satellite-communications/
#sthash.h76LH8NL.dpuf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_radar
https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?jp=j&articleID=566
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radar
www.globalmarinenet.com/marine-satellite-communications/
https://eospso.nasa.gov/missions/marine-observation-satellite

Thanks!