ACS Headsets, one of Nashua, NH-based GN Netcom, Inc.'s headset brands,
have been used in every space shuttle mission since the first flight of
Columbia on April 12, 1981.
NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the first shuttle flight of
Columbia on April 12, 1981, shuttle crewmembers have used ACS brand headsets
on board for shuttle-to-earth and internal communications. ACS designed and
adapted their traditional operator services headsets according to NASA
specifications for space flight use; they are the only headsets used on
shuttle flights. ACS headsets are a brand of headsets manufactured and sold
by GN Netcom, Inc., a Nashua, NH-based company which acquired ACS Wireless,
Inc. earlier this year.
For communication capability, crew members wear a headset containing a
microphone and earphone, which fits over the crewmember's head, and a
connector and cable interface with the headset interface unit, connected
through communications cables to respective Audio Terminal Units (ATU). The
very lightweight headset is the interface between the leg unit and crewmember.
A single-strand wire headband holds the earphone against the ear and supports
a thin boom holding a noise-canceling microphone near the mouth and a cable
connector to the crewmember's leg unit. The microphone can be positioned to
suit the individual flight crewmember. (For more detailed information on
orbiter communications, see
http://38.201.67.70/reference/shutref/orbiter/comm/orbcomm/audio.html and for
a picture, see
http://38.201.67.70/current/images/esc/Flightday03/S95e5067.html.)
"The ACS headset used in shuttle flights is another example of GN Netcom,
Inc.'s ability to understand and design headsets for very specific
communications applications," said Carol J. Meier, vice president of marketing
for GN Netcom, Inc. "Our commitment to finding and applying the most advanced
technology enables us to engineer and manufacture state-of-the-art headsets
for increasingly complex and growing communications needs."
GN Netcom, Inc. designs and manufactures the highest quality telephone
headsets and accessories in the telecommunications industry. The company has
acquired a reputation for providing a wide selection of headsets with superior
sound quality, comfort, safety, and durability. GN Netcom, Inc. is a major
worldwide provider to the call center, professional, SOHO (Small Office/Home
Office), mobile communications, and OEM markets selling headsets and
accessories under the brand names GN Netcom, UNEX, and ACS. Headquarters are
based in Nashua, New Hampshire with manufacturing in both Nashua, where
facilities are ISO 9002 certified, and Scotts Valley, CA. GN Netcom, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of GN Netcom, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a
member of the Danish-based GN Great Nordic Group. For more information on
GN Netcom, Inc., call 800-826-4656 or visit http://www.gnnetcom.com.
SOURCE GN Netcom, Inc.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Martha Boissonneault, GN Netcom,
800-826-4656, ext. 730, or mlb@gnnetcom.com, or Beth Tracy
Gamble, Tucker Street Associates, 781-431-1161, or
gamble@tuckerstreet.com
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