Augustus Aerospace Company, now part of Aeronix Technologies Group (ATG), is an aerospace company and government contractor specializing in developing and delivering space-based mission payloads. They provide integrated solutions, including communications, radar, PNT payloads, and on-board processing systems, primarily for defense and intelligence customers. The company designs and builds high-performance, low SWaP (size, weight, and power) communications and ISR payloads for various platforms, including small satellites. Augustus Aerospace operates facilities in Lone Tree and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is a supplier of mission systems, data transfer, and related engineering services.
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Augustus Aerospace Company’s S2DR HRTX has a mass of 0.5 kg, dimensions 10.0 x 10.0 x 0.026 m, and is suitable for high-rate LEO space-to-ground mission data links, high-rate inter-satellite links, and data transponders.
Augustus Aerospace Company’s S2DR HRTX transmitter supports S-band 2.2-2.3 GHz and X-band 8-8.4 GHz, has a transmit bandwidth of 72 MHz, an average transmit power of 1 W, and supports QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, and 32APSK modulation with coded spectrum efficiencies up to 4.4 b/s/Hz.
The Blackjack program awarded a Small Business Innovation Research contract to Augustus Aerospace to work on an Army Space and Missile Defense Command payload.