During initial operating capabilities, there is no difference between the SDA/SDC and Socrates-GEO. After full operating capabilities, which will take place in the first quarter of 2011, the SDA’s data center will offer greater capability including: RFI mitigation...
To date, the majority of the costs have been funded by the Executive Members (SES, Intelsat, Inmarsat and Eutelsat), and lately supplemented by member contributions that are a low flat fee for the first year. Future funding will be agreed upon by the SDA executive...
A diversely hosted system with globally distributed tertiary redundancy for high availability and to encourage global participation Data protection through use of high-level security systems and protocols Robust administration and system auditing processes Validation...