{"id":18444,"date":"2018-07-10T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rbc-signals-teams-with-indias-antrix-for-space-communications-beyond-earth-orbit\/"},"modified":"2018-07-10T22:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:04:10","slug":"rbc-signals-teams-with-indias-antrix-for-space-communications-beyond-earth-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rbc-signals-teams-with-indias-antrix-for-space-communications-beyond-earth-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"RBC Signals teams with India\u2019s Antrix for space communications beyond Earth orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_433107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-433107\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-433107\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/180710-antenna-630x473.jpg\" alt=\"Deep-space antenna\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/180710-antenna-630x473.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/180710-antenna.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-433107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vikram Sarabhai Space Center\u2019s 18-meter antenna, located near Bangalore, India, can be used for deep-space communications. (VSSC Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seattle-based RBC Signals has forged an agreement with Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization, to widen its spectrum of communication services for spacecraft operators.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership adds C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band communication capabilities to RBC Signals\u2019 existing resources in the VHF, UHF, S, C and X radio bands. It also extends the company\u2019s potential reach beyond Earth orbit to the moon and deep space.<\/p>\n<p>The pact marks another first for the three-year-old startup. \u201cIt represents our first partnership with a national program,\u201d RBC Signals co-founder and CEO Christopher Richins told GeekWire.<\/p>\n<p>RBC Signals uses its own antennas as well as excess capacity from its partners\u2019 ground stations to knit together a global communications network for its customers in the satellite industry, priced to fit a customized pay-as-you-go model.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Antrix deal, RBC Signals\u2019 network currently comprises more than 60 antennas at more than 40 locations. The Indian ground stations include antennas in Hassan, Bangalore and Lucknow.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Advancements in ground stations - Christopher Richins, RBC Signals\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bE2P9Elu64I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Antrix, we are excited about gaining greater utilization of our ground station investments through the innovative business model and services being provided by RBC Signals,\u201d Shri Rakesh Sasibhushan, Antrix\u2019s chairman and managing director, said today in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Richins echoed that sentiment in his comments to GeekWire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt demonstrates a general desire for these space assets, wherever they are, to be used more efficiently,\u201d he said at last month\u2019s NewSpace conference.<\/p>\n<p>RBC Signals\u2019 customers range from Sky and Space Global, which is setting up a 200-satellite communications constellation in low Earth orbit, to Astranis Space Technologies, which is planning to put miniaturized telecom satellites in geostationary orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The company raised more than $1.5 million last year in a seed funding round led by Bee Partners, and has talked about conducting a follow-on Series A round this year. Richins said his company currently has fewer than 10 employees.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that RBC Signals offers a range of service levels for satellite customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA company can\u2019t afford to pay for a gilded \u2018failure is not an option\u2019 service when they\u2019re just testing,\u201d Richins said. \u201cBut we have the ability to provide five 9\u2019s of reliability when the customer needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Future offerings could include optical communication links as well as direct links between satellites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not a ground station company,\u201d Richins said. \u201cWe\u2019re a space communications company.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vikram Sarabhai Space Center\u2019s 18-meter antenna, located near Bangalore, India, can be used for deep-space communications. (VSSC Photo) Seattle-based RBC Signals has forged an agreement with Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization, to widen its spectrum of communication services for spacecraft operators. The partnership adds C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band communication capabilities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4591,2686,590,4584],"class_list":["post-18444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-antennas","tag-antrix","tag-communications","tag-rbc-signals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}