AMERICOM Government Services

Teleports

Our expansive network of commercial earth stations have a plurality of missions - from network television broadcasts in the U.S. to secure foreign office turnarounds to Internet backbone provision.

Commercial Teleports

Woodbine - Maryland

• Access to AMC-1, AMC-2, AMC-3, AMC-4, AMC-5, AMC-6, AMC-12 and AAP-1 (remotely)
• Domestic and international turnarounds, from 6 West to 146 West
• Fiber connectivity to Baltimore, MD and Level-3 in McLean, VA
• Established in 1982

South Mountain -- California

• Domestic and international turnarounds, from 50 West to 172 East, in C- and Ku-band.
• Fiber and microwave connectivity to One Wilshire in Los Angeles, CA
• Direct connectivity to SBC Hub in Hollywood for TV1 service
• Gateway to the Pacific Rim, Hawaii and Alaska
• Established in 1974

Sunset Beach - Hawaii

• Access to International and domestic satellites, from 80 West to 125 East, via fixed and agile antennas
• Pacific Rim interconnects
• International turnarounds between U.S. and Asian networks
• Established in 1986

Vernon Valley - New Jersey

• Access to AMC-1, AMC-7, AMC-8, AMC-9, AMC-10, and AMC-11
• Domestic and international turnarounds from 20 West to 145 West
• Fiber connectivity to 111 Eighth Avenue in New York, NY
• Established in 1974

Brewster - Washington

• Access to AMC-9
• Access to international and domestic satellites, from 50.5 West to 171.5 East, via fixed and agile antennas
• Direct terrestrial connectivity to Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA and the I-5 corridor
• Direct connectivity to Tier 1 ISPs
• Established in 1965

Grand Junction - Colorado

• Provides Skyswitch service via analog and digital SNG hubs, with direct connectivity to the public telephone network
• Domestic Ku-band turnarounds, from 60 West to 160 West

On Site Earth Stations

AGS operates and maintains earth stations at the following U.S. government locations:

• Ames
• Edwards
• Fairbanks
• Goddard
• Goldstone
• Hawaii
• Holmdel
• Johnson SFC
• JPL
• Kennedy SFC
• Marshall SFC
• Monterey
• New Boston
• Offutt
• Onizuka
• Puerto Rico
• Schriever
• Vandenberg
• White Sands

Western Region Manager is Larry Simonin (1) 408-744-0450.

Eastern Regional Manager is Ron Teske (1) 410-549-4314.