NBC correspondent David Bloom has been relying on a truck-based satellite antenna to provide live mobile satellite broadcasts from the front lines in Iraq. The system enables Bloom to broadcast live even when moving at speeds up to 50 miles per hour.

Miramar, Fla.-based Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) equipped a special-purpose truck for NBC with a stabilized VSAT antenna designed to provide mobile, in- motion live broadcast capabilities. The antenna stays locked on its satellite-based communications transponder even when the truck and camera are moving at high speed over uneven terrain.

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