The L-band capacity on each I-6 satellite will be substantially greater than Inmarsat’s fourth-generation spacecraft and will provide 50% more capacity per beam.
GovSat provided a dedicated Military Ka-band beam onboard the GovSat-1 satellite for the demonstration.
Isotropic Systems has fully secured funding of over $40,000,000 to develop its multi-beam antennas.
Sense's emitter technology uses a diffused beam to illuminate the entire field of view simultaneously.
The Department of the Air Force plans to procure GPS III Follow-on Space Vehicles that include a spot beam providing an anti-jam improvement 100 times greater than current encrypted military code.
The satellite footprint database provides high-precision beam gain by interpolating gain values to exact locations rather than using only discrete 2 dB contours.
Avanti Communications provides dedicated fixed and flexible-beam Ka-band satellite connectivity through the HYLAS satellite fleet and partners in 118 countries.
The £2.5 million award to Astroscale UK forms part of a larger beam-hopping satellite program totaling more than £32 million granted via the UK Space Agency through the European Space Agency’s Sunrise Program.
SatixFy will receive 25 million British pounds to build Joey-Sat’s beam-hopping payload and user terminal.
A OneWeb-led group received 32 million British pounds in funding from the UK Space Agency through ESA’s Sunrise program to launch a beam-hopping satellite in 2022.
Under the U.S. Navy’s Rapidly Integrated Tactical Communications Payload Award, CesiumAstro developed a multi-beam active phased array antenna with software-defined radio and a digital backend capable of connecting disparate networks and providing stand-in resilience in contested environments.
The £2.5 million award to Astroscale UK forms part of a larger beam-hopping satellite programme totalling over £32 million granted by the UK Space Agency via the European Space Agency’s Sunrise Programme.
SatixFy entered a deal with Canadian satellite operator Telesat to gain early access to modem chips that can support beam hopping for Telesat’s Lightspeed LEO constellation.
Kleos has been designing and developing in-space manufacturing technology called Futrism to robotically produce a carbon-fiber I-beam with embedded fiber-optic cables longer than 100 m.
Analog Devices, Inc. is collaborating with MDA to deliver a beam forming integrated circuit for MDA’s phased array antenna for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation.
Viasat is preparing for the impending launch of its ViaSat-3 network, a global geostationary system using three adaptive beam-forming satellites.
The only currently space-qualified company able to manufacture Fleet Space’s beam-steering antenna is located in Switzerland.
SatixFy’s ESMA-based terminal provides multi-beam capability and operates simultaneously on multiple LEO and GEO satellites.
Fleet Space Technologies has spent $12,000,000 since 2015 on research and development to develop a beam-steering antenna and to miniaturize its satellites’ communications capabilities.
Fleet Space Technologies aims to manufacture the entire payload in Australia, including 3D printing the advanced beam-steering antenna and designing and manufacturing Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBAs) up to 26 layers deep.