The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, (INTELSAT), owns and operates a fleet of seventeen satellites.  INTELSAT provides communications links to over 143 nations.  The hub of their operations is the INTELSAT Operations Center, (IOC), located in their main offices in Washington, DC.  There, operators monitor all INTELSAT communications around the globe.

INTELSAT needed to upgrade the IOC.  This included replacing the Map Board.  This display, a map of the world, shows satellite locations, orbital data, and their INTELSAT customer's earth station location.  The upgrade provided the overview data needed to improve operator productivity and management oversight of critical operations.

Information coming from twenty-five NT workstations and 12 HP UNIX workstations is processed and displayed on the map wall.  The data is combined into a display that provides the information necessary for the operators of the IOC.  All of the tracking information for the seventeen satellites is displayed in real time, with excellent clarity.

To display these overlaid images, PPI designed and integrated a Graphic Wall and Display System.  The wall itself consists of fifteen DLP Projection Cubes.  All of the sources are connected to a VGA Graphic processor, either through a LAN interface or via RGB inputs.  The processor effectively turns fifteen monitors with a resolution of 1024 x 768 into one monitor with a resolution of 5120 x 2304.  Multiple images can be shown if desired.  The processor also allows other sources to be superimposed over an image.

In addition to the computer network, other sources are available for display.  These sources include DVD, VHS, and a RF tuner.  Through the computer network, operators can control what is shown on the monitor wall.  There is also a remote control system through which the operators can control all other functions of the system.

*The image shown was created by WorldSat International and is copyrighted by WorldSat International, Inc., 2000.  The image is used by permission and WorldSat International reserves all rights.