FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RallyTrack Uses Sky Wave Mobile's Inmarsat D+ To Track Race Truck at Baja
1000
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
LOS ALAMITOS, CALIFORNIA
RallyTrack.com uses Sky Wave Mobile's DMR-200 Inmarsat D+ unit to track
race vehicles during the Baja 1000 Race
Craig Reitz, CEO/CTO of RallyTrack.com struck a sponsorship deal with Sky
Wave Mobile Communications one week before the renowned SCORE
International's Baja 1000 race. Howard Rittberg, VP of R&D at
RallyTrack.com, had to put in extra effort and hours to implement using
the Inmasat D+ system, but the results were well worth it. In a matter of
a few days, RallyTrack.com was able to integrate the D+ system into their
already existing web-based and mobile-to-mobile tracking sytem. Craig
Reitz commented, "The DMR-200 unit and the Inmarsat D+ services were
very predictable and reliable. We deem this initial effort a success. The
only time we did not receive regular position reports was understandably
when the race vehicle was in a canyon or behind an obstruction (no direct
line-of-sight to the satellite), or when the vehicle's master battery
switch was in the off position, which turned off the DMR-200."
Tracking information was automatically retrieved from an Inmarsat D+ land
earth station (LES) and automatically re-routed as an SMS message or an
e-mail to a mobile command vehicle during the race. The SMS messages were
received on a satellite phone and viewed manually, by Craig Reitz, to plot
the race vehicle's location using mapping software on a laptop computer.
The race vehicle and mobile command vehicle were also being tracked on the
internet during the race. Future plans will create an automatic link
between the Windows based mapping software on a laptop computer and Sky
Wave Mobile's DMR-200 Inmarsat D+ unit.
END OF PRESS RELEASE
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