{"id":17670,"date":"2020-06-24T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T09:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/tethers-unlimited-delivers-software-defined-radios-to-millennium-space-for-satellite-constellation\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T17:28:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T09:28:31","slug":"tethers-unlimited-delivers-software-defined-radios-to-millennium-space-for-satellite-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/tethers-unlimited-delivers-software-defined-radios-to-millennium-space-for-satellite-constellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tethers Unlimited delivers software-defined radios to Millennium Space for satellite constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_570595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-570595\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-570595\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200624-swift2-630x388.jpg\" alt=\"SWIFT-SLX radio\" width=\"630\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200624-swift2-630x388.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200624-swift2-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200624-swift2.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-570595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SWIFT-SLX radio is a compact, affordable software-defined radio designed to provide S-band and L-band communications for small satellites. (Tethers Unlimited Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it has completed an on-time delivery of 15 S-band software-defined radios in support of a small-satellite constellation mission being developed by Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a news release, Tethers Unlimited said the deliveries also included the first small-satellite mesh networking solution to support data transfer between satellites. \u201cHitting this delivery rate has taken substantial investments in automating our radio testing infrastructure,\u201d said Rob Hoyt, Tethers Unlimited\u2019s president.<\/li>\n<li>The SWIFT-SLX radio is designed to provide S-band and L-band communications \u2014 not only for commercial customers like Millennium, but for NASA missions such as the Lunar Node 1 navigation beacon that\u2019s destined to be sent to the moon. Earlier this month, Tethers Unlimited said a different type of radio, the SWIFT-XTS, will be used for NASA\u2019s PUNCH sun-watching mission.<\/li>\n<li>Tethers Unlimited, which was recently acquired by Amergint Technology Holdings, is involved in a variety of commercial and government-funded projects relating to communications, propulsion, robotics and in-space manufacturing. In response to an inquiry, Boeing said Millennium Space Systems \u201ccannot publicly share any information about the constellation\u201d that will use Tethers Unlimited\u2019s radios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SWIFT-SLX radio is a compact, affordable software-defined radio designed to provide S-band and L-band communications for small satellites. (Tethers Unlimited Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it has completed an on-time delivery of 15 S-band software-defined radios in support of a small-satellite constellation mission being developed by Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary. 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