The Hydra MAX terminal uses a multi-beam electronically scanned antenna configuration that is designed to deliver continuous link availability without mechanical gimbals.
Reflect Orbital’s core technology for Eärendil-1 is an 18-meter film reflector designed to beam sunlight down to Earth.
A three-reflector display would brighten a single beam-width of sky for one or several scheduled nights and could be turned off by tilting the film so the reflection misses Earth.
Eärendil-1 will provide real-world data on glare limits, orbital track precision, and beam dispersion properties.
The Gen3 spacecraft will use phased-array beamforming systems, electronic beam-steering antennas, and high-speed optical inter-satellite laser links.
The payload is expected to steer radio beams in arbitrary directions and reshape coverage footprints through digital beam forming without mechanical movement.
Myriota’s HyperPulse system uses proprietary intelligent beam-hopping technology to concentrate radio frequency energy over active device footprints.
MDA Space’s UK facility will develop the technology for the satellite’s multi-beam digital payload.
The multi-beam digital payload is designed to provide secure communications with anti-jamming capability, high resilience, and reconfigurable digital beamforming in orbit.
MDA Space’s facility in the United Kingdom will provide the core technology for a dynamic, anti-jamming multi-beam payload with digital beamforming capabilities.
NEO Hunter includes ion-beam deflection and direct kinetic impact techniques.
Blue Origin’s NEO Hunter mission concept tests ion-beam deflection and direct kinetic impact techniques for near-Earth objects.
Starlink Direct-to-Cell is designed to beam cellular signals directly from orbit to ordinary, unmodified consumer smartphones.
Sentinel-1 NG will extend coverage to the polar regions using advanced electronic radar beam steering based on Multiple Aperture Processing Scheme technology.
The hyperspectral maritime use case extracted vessel position, orientation, beam, and size from onboard processed imagery.
Recent Sun Chasing progress includes improved solar energy collection and conversion efficiency, better microwave beam control to reduce energy loss, and smaller and lighter transmitting and receiving antennas.
Kymeta’s flat-panel architecture uses electronic beam steering to lock onto overhead satellites and change pointing angles in milliseconds without mechanical gimbals.
Ted Turner challenged the FCC in 1976 to permit WTCG Super Station to beam via satellite to thousands of cable head-ends.
All.Space has developed optical beam-forming technology that enables its terminals to connect with multiple satellites in multiple orbits.
Viasat-3 satellites use dynamic beam-forming technology to optimize spectral efficiency in real time.