1.0Orion Satellite Systemshttps://orionsat.com.auFiona Lamhttps://orionsat.com.au/author/fiona/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://orionsat.com.au/is-your-expedition-ready-have-you-got-the-communication-infrastructure-to-operate-your-equipment/">Is Your Expedition Ready? Have You Got The Communication Infrastructure To Operate Your Equipment?</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://orionsat.com.au/is-your-expedition-ready-have-you-got-the-communication-infrastructure-to-operate-your-equipment/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Is Your Expedition Ready? Have You Got The Communication Infrastructure To Operate Your Equipment?” — Orion Satellite Systems" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://orionsat.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WhyOrion800x533_1.jpg800533There have been a lot of changes in the mining industry, particularly after the mining downturn of 2013-2017 which saw a steep shift downward in the prices of multiple commodities in the mining industry. Even with the downturn in prices, mining companies still maintained similar outputs to the boom period, albeit at lower prices. Due