Space Data

Space Data Corporation develops and deploys a balloon-borne wireless network that enables the delivery of wireless services in geographies and locations that are not served or are poorly served by existing wireless technologies and service providers. It offers wide-area wireless communications services to the military, public safety agencies, homeland security organizations, and industry, as well as individual consumers. The companys SkySat Platform balloon-borne repeater system provides the warfighter with high-altitude platforms to instantly relay critical combat voice and data communications between forward-deployed, on-the-move troops, or back to distant control elements under any conditions, including rugged terrain, remote areas, and severe weather; balloon platforms can be launched immediately after a disaster hitsor even in anticipation of an impending disaster, such as hurricaneand provide broad; and SkySite technology supports border control efforts with VHF voice repeater and 900 MHz data services, including GPS-based asset tracking. Its services are used for alarm monitoring, production automation, asset tracking, cathodic protection, and field communications in the oil and gas industry; truck and trailer tracking, cargo tracking, and telematic data capture; theft detection and recovery, and other location monitoring applications; and automate meter reading and pole-top equipment monitoring; and U.S. forest service needs, such as communications support for wildland fires and monitoring forest health. The company provides 24x7 two-way data communications coverage throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, as well as portions of New Mexico, Arkansas, Arizona, California, and the Gulf of Mexico. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Chandler, Arizona.