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Growing Business in Satellite

Growing business in the satellite industry can be an incredibly daunting challenge. For most, it means either racing other companies to capitalize on better hardware opportunities, competing in a globally open software provider market, or generally existing with the goal of expansion when the primary market (people and places that lack reliable communications)... View Full Article

Spotlight Series: Rugged Plastic for Oil and Gas

Spotlight Series Overview Many of the GSE blog series have great content about how GSE solutions can help people across dozens of industries collect, move, and manage the data intelligence of their business. This series will get more specific and focus on the specific features of those products and solutions, and how they deliver value to people in specific job... View Full Article

Low-cost Solar Powered Satellite Tracking Bundle

Tracking anything under the sun wherever cellular connectivity is not available and when changing batteries is not practical, is now an attainable and affordable reality. Using the latest technology, GSE has bridged an expensive gap in satellite tracking by developing the GSatSolar Series, a set of low-cost, compact, rugged, solar-powered terminals. Imagine the... View Full Article

GSatSolar Rancher is now just GSatRancher

Name Change: GSatRancher One thing we have noticed in our preliminary conversations is that our customers are already shortcutting the name of the GSatSolar Rancher to just "the Rancher" or "the GSatRancher." We hear you, it's easier, and it does make a lot of sense. Because of that, we've decided to just go ahead and make changes now so that everyone is speaking the... View Full Article

Disruptive AgTech Innovation: GSatSolar

Let's Talk Terms Disruptive and Innovative It's buzzword time! We often hear the terms innovative and disruptive tossed around in a way that summons Inigo Montoya. Innovation requires problem solvers to take an entirely new approach to solving a problem, or to define the problem in an entirely different way. Disruption requires that solution to create a new... View Full Article

GSE Industrial Design: GSatSolar Part 6, The Complete Solution

Series Overview This industrial design series is a great opportunity for us to show off the design processes we go through at GSE when we're creating new hardware products. This is the final piece of a six part series that points the spotlight at our new low-cost tracking terminal, the GSatSolar. If you have not read the other articles in this series, I suggest... View Full Article

GSatSolar Enables Affordable Satellite IoT

The IoT Sandbox Oracle defines the Internet of Things (IoT) as the network of physical objects that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the internet. While this sounds complicated, what IoT truly provides is the ability for businesses to maximize, manage, and... View Full Article

GSE Industrial Design: GSatSolar Part 5, Materials

Series Overview This industrial design series is a great opportunity for us to show off the design processes we go through at GSE when we're creating new hardware products. This is the penultimate article in a six part series that points the spotlight at our new low-cost tracking terminal, the GSatSolar. If you have not read the other articles in this series, I... View Full Article

GSE Industrial Design: GSatSolar Part 4, Modular Mounting

Series Overview This industrial design series is a great opportunity for us to show off the design processes we go through at GSE when we're creating new hardware products. This is part 4 of a six part series that points the spotlight at our new low-cost tracking terminal, the GSatSolar. If you have not read the other articles in this series, I suggest starting with... View Full Article

GSE Industrial Design: GSatSolar Part 3, Designing for Proper Use

Series Overview This industrial design series is a great opportunity for us to show off the design processes we go through at GSE when we're creating new hardware products. This is part 3 of a six part series that points the spotlight at our new low-cost tracking terminal, the GSatSolar. If you have not read the other articles in this series, I suggest starting with... View Full Article

GSE Industrial Design: GSatSolar Part 2, Shape and Aesthetics

Series Overview This industrial design series is a great opportunity for us to show off the design processes we go through at GSE when we're creating new hardware products. This is part 2 of a six part series that points the spotlight at our new low-cost tracking terminal, the GSatSolar. If you have not read the other articles in this series, I suggest starting with... View Full Article

Ranching Intelligence with West Sky Technology

When Global Satellite Engineering began working on the GSatSolar, we knew the technological pieces required to deliver a solar unit in a small form factor. Considering our own CEO Jeff Palmer had been a member of 4H in his youth, and still enjoys sharing stories of his successes at cattle competitions, we knew that with our goal to revolutionize the agricultural... View Full Article

Maximize Dumb Terminals with GSatTrack

Understanding the Role of Dumb Terminals Calling them dumb might sound mean, but the reality is that a significant portion of the satellite device market is comprised of simple, one-way terminals that transmit very limited data. While there are also incredibly powerful, complex machines in the field that are capable of managing communications switches, receiving over... View Full Article

GSE Industrial Design: GSatSolar Part 1, Introduction to the Process

As you have no doubt seen by now, we are very close to launching the GSatSolar, a tracking terminal we have been developing for low-intelligence-requirement applications across multiple markets. GSE has historically applied its engineering expertise to intelligent hardware, placing emphasis on behavior tracking and telematics. This terminal gives us a new offering... View Full Article

GSatTrack Supports Man Down Features for Lone Workers

These case studies often begin with statistical data that shows a clearly defined pain point in a certain industry GSE has helped in the past. In the case of lone worker and man-down instances, however, the need to show numbers or percentages to convince anyone that a triggered SOS button is important seems disingenuous. We understand every life is important and that... View Full Article