Tag: Software Defined Radios
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Pacific Defense Completes Hardware Integration of Moonraker MOSA Space Sensor Payload
Pacific Defense, a leading provider of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) products and solutions, announced it has completed a key program milestone on the US Space Force (USSF) Moonraker MOSA space payload contract with successful checkout and integration of the Moonraker payload. The Moonraker Space Sensor is a 3U Open VPX multi-function, radio frequency (RF)…
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Innoflight Delivers Engineering Units to L3Harris for SDA’s T1 Tracking Layer Program
SDA awarded a prototype agreement to L3Harris Technologies last year to provide initial missile warning/missile tracking warfighting capability of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Innoflight is on contract with L3Harris for the delivery of key avionics, including mesh network encryption/decryption, networking, processing, and precision timing for the SDA T1 Tracking Layer program. Innoflight’s deliverables…
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iDirect Government Unveils New Man-Portable SDR Modem for Satellite Communications
iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a provider of satellite communications to the United States military and government, has unveiled its REVOLUTION 450mp (man-portable) software-defined radio (SDR) modem that extends satellite communications orbit and waveform choices for the warfighter regardless of location. The 450mp is the first 4-Series SDR, introduced with the new Evolution Defense 4.6 software. The Evolution Defense 4.6 platform incorporates improved security, including flexible key exchange…
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CesiumAstro’s CommPack Achieves TRL 9 Status on NASA’s Starling Mission
CesiumAstro, one of the industry leaders in active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, celebrates the successful initial tests of its CommPack cross-link communications payload on the NASA Starling mission’s CubeSats. With these tests complete, the CommPack system achieves TRL 9 status, the highest technology readiness level, and the NASA Starling team…
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Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)
A major development effort in the design of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is the waveform used in software defined radios (SDR) to provide terminal and manpack UHF communication radios. Due to the complexity of using Spectrally Adaptive Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (SA-WCDMA) in the MUOS environment, Satellite Link Emulator test systems were…
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BeetleSat Announces Successful Software-defined Radio Two-Way Data Communication Using Expandable Antenna
BeetleSat, formerly NSLComm, a fast-growing satellite technology company building the world’s first global low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation optimized for premium point-to-point communications, announced the successful software-defined radio (SDR) two-way data communication using its lightweight, very high data rate, expandable antenna. “Successful data transmission between our satellite and ground segment is a significant step forward in…
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iDirect Government Showcases its New Multi-Orbit Modem at SOF Week
iDirect Government, one of the leading providers of satellite communications to the United States military and government, has announced the availability of their 450mp integrator kit at the 2023 Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week, May 8-11, in Tampa, FL, at booth 1335. The integrator kit is the first phase in the much-anticipated launch of the…
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Software Defined Radios (SDRs) for Space
As space missions become increasingly complex, the need for reliable and flexible communication systems is becoming more and more critical. This is where Software Defined Radios (SDRs) come in. SDRs provide a new level of flexibility and adaptability for communication systems in space, offering numerous benefits over traditional hardware-based radios. In this article, we will…