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Mission Microwave Technologies

US
commercialFounded 2014
Cypress, California, United States
www.missionmicrowave.com
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The mass adoption of GaN-based amplifiers from Mission Microwave has allowed satellite hardware to shrink enough to fit into standard consumer form factors without sacrificing battery life.

Mentioned as: Mission MicrowaveTechnical ProductJan 6, 2026Symbiotic Nexus: The Consumer Electronics Show is Powering the $1 Trillion Space Economy

Mission Microwave focuses on reducing the Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) of equipment to allow for efficient installation and lower operational energy costs.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralJan 5, 2026Mission Microwave Inks Deal with Telesat for Telesat Lightspeed Terrestrial Infrastructure

Francis Auricchio is the President and CEO of Mission Microwave.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralJan 5, 2026Mission Microwave Inks Deal with Telesat for Telesat Lightspeed Terrestrial Infrastructure

Mission Microwave is established as a primary supplier of terrestrial infrastructure for Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.

Mentioned as: Mission MicrowaveTechnical ProductJan 5, 2026Mission Microwave Inks Deal with Telesat for Telesat Lightspeed Terrestrial Infrastructure

Mission Microwave will provide solid state power block upconverters for the landing stations for Telesat Lightspeed.

Mentioned as: Mission MicrowaveTechnical ProductJan 5, 2026Latest News

Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC has been awarded a contract to design and deliver solid-state power block upconverters (BUCs) for the Telesat Lightspeed Landing Station network.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave Technologies, LLCTechnical ProductJan 5, 2026Mission Microwave Inks Deal with Telesat for Telesat Lightspeed Terrestrial Infrastructure

Mission Microwave will provide compact 100-watt BUCs featuring Gallium Nitride (GaN) amplifier modules under the contract.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative PlanJan 5, 2026Mission Microwave Inks Deal with Telesat for Telesat Lightspeed Terrestrial Infrastructure

Mission Microwave Technologies supplies high-power devices designed to be efficient, lightweight, and compact.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMar 14, 2024J.F. Lehman & Company completes their acquisition of Mission Microwave

Mission Microwave positions the kilowatt Ku-band amplifier in a 30.84 kg package as a means for customers to reduce system amplifier cost by hundreds of thousands of dollars while increasing reliability and reducing operating costs.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2023Mission Microwave: Debut of a 1 kW Ku-Band SSPA/BUC

Mission Microwave’s latest Ku-band amplifier provides up to 400 watts of linear power in a multi-carrier environment as an effective replacement for large combining networks using multiple smaller amplifiers.

Mentioned as: Mission MicrowaveTechnical ProductSep 12, 2023Mission Microwave: Debut of a 1 kW Ku-Band SSPA/BUC

The order for Mission Microwave’s 40-watt Ka-band BUC followed several years of collaborative work between Mission Microwave and SES to implement advanced solid-state technologies into the O3b mPOWER system.

Mentioned as: Mission MicrowaveTechnical ProductMay 2, 2023Mission Microwave Ka-Band BUCs to be offered on SES O3b mPOWER User Terminals

SES selected Mission Microwave’s 40-watt Ka-band BUC for use in high-throughput customer user terminals for SES’s second-generation MEO system, O3b mPOWER.

Mentioned as: Mission MicrowaveTechnical ProductMay 2, 2023Mission Microwave Ka-Band BUCs to be offered on SES O3b mPOWER User Terminals

Mission Microwave designs compact and highly efficient amplifiers that enable customers to offer upgrade paths that extend the life and improve the utility of their IFC offerings.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2023Mission Microwave Receives Orders Over $8 Million for Airborne Certified Transceivers & Block Upconverters

Mission Microwave’s engineers and product managers worked with customers to design, certify, and manufacture DO-160 compliant products for commercial aviation applications.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2023Mission Microwave Receives Orders Over $8 Million for Airborne Certified Transceivers & Block Upconverters

Mission Microwave ships high-power X-, Ku-, and Ka-band block upconverters (BUCs) with power levels from 8 to 800 watts for ground, maritime, and aerospace applications.

Mentioned as: Mission MicrowaveTechnical ProductMar 10, 2023Mission Microwave Receives Orders Over $8 Million for Airborne Certified Transceivers & Block Upconverters

Mission Microwave Technologies was certified as a Great Place to Work in 2023 by the Great Place To Work Institute.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMar 7, 2023Mission Microwave recognized as a ‘Great Place To Work’ by GPW Institute

92% of Mission Microwave employees indicated that Mission Microwave is a great place to work, compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMar 7, 2023Mission Microwave recognized as a ‘Great Place To Work’ by GPW Institute

The 2023 Great Place to Work certification is the second time Mission Microwave has been recognized as a Great Place to Work since its founding in 2014.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMar 7, 2023Mission Microwave recognized as a ‘Great Place To Work’ by GPW Institute

Mission Microwave engineers and product managers worked with customers to design, certify, and manufacture products that are DO-160 compliant for commercial aviation applications.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralSep 6, 2022A major IFC win for Mission Microwave — million$ in orders

Mission Microwave engineers and product managers worked with customers to design, certify, and manufacture DO-160 compliant products for commercial aviation applications.

Mentioned as: Mission Microwave TechnologiesNarrative GeneralSep 6, 2022Mission Microwave Receives $8 Million Follow-on order to Upgrade Satcom Terminals
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