{"id":8133,"date":"2023-10-06T23:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/cesiumastro-ses-and-hughes-team-up-to-showcase-scalable-ka-band-satcom-terminal\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T23:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:39:08","slug":"cesiumastro-ses-and-hughes-team-up-to-showcase-scalable-ka-band-satcom-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/cesiumastro-ses-and-hughes-team-up-to-showcase-scalable-ka-band-satcom-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"CesiumAstro, SES, and Hughes Team Up to Showcase Scalable Ka-Band SATCOM Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CesiumAstro,<\/p>\n

CesiumAstro, SES, and Hughes announced the successful over-the-air (OTA) demonstration of a scalable Ka-band active phased array terminal for satellite communications (SATCOM). Conducted by CesiumAstro throughout the months of June and July in Austin, Texas, the demonstration paired the company\u2019s medium form factor terminal with the Hughes HM400 software-defined modem connecting through SES\u2019s geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite. <\/p>\n

This news is a key milestone on CesiumAstro\u2019s roadmap to flight-qualify its Ka-band SATCOM terminal on commercial and defense platforms. CesiumAstro recently announced a contract to demo its terminal aboard a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial system (UAS) in support of the military\u2019s need for enhanced, higher throughput connectivity aboard airborne vehicles.<\/p>\n

CesiumAstro\u2019s SATCOM terminal seamlessly connected with SES\u2019s satellite on both stationary and mobile platforms, demonstrating transmit and receive link closure to the satellite, and to a Hughes ground station in Woodbine, Maryland. The CesiumAstro team surfed the internet as well as streamed full-motion video and a live webcam feed from the terminal to a remote site, replicating the required capabilities of commercial inflight connectivity and UAS intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate SES and Hughes for their support on this OTA demonstration,\u201d said Shey Sabripour, founder and CEO of CesiumAstro.<\/strong> \u201cFlat-panel SATCOM with multi-beam and multi-orbit capabilities is game-changing in both the commercial and defense airborne terminal markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis demonstration showcased the functionality and maturation of the industry\u2019s first multi-beam capability allowing utilization of the terminal\u2019s electronically steerable beam to maintain connectivity on the move,\u201d said Wayne Phelps, program lead at CesiumAstro.<\/strong> \u201cWe look forward to many more program successes over the next six months as our team completes our next set of demonstrations for this terminal.\u201d As previously announced, CesiumAstro will complete a flight demonstration with Airbus in early to mid-2024. The company is on schedule to deliver hardware for this demonstration in Q3 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hughes team is proud to join CesiumAstro and SES in demonstrating the power and flexibility of satellite connectivity in meeting mission requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense,\u201d said Rick Lober, vice president and general manager, Defense & Government Systems Division, Hughes.<\/strong> \u201cThis is an excellent example of how the Hughes Military air and ground system supports Beyond Line of Sight (BLoS), resilient communication, and the implementation of Primary Alternate Contingency Emergency (PACE) plans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CesiumAstro, SES, and Hughes announced the successful over-the-air (OTA) demonstration of a scalable Ka-band active phased array terminal for satellite communications (SATCOM). Conducted by CesiumAstro throughout the months of June and July in Austin, Texas, the demonstration paired the company\u2019s medium form factor terminal with the Hughes HM400 software-defined modem connecting through SES\u2019s geosynchronous orbit […]<\/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":[26,20],"class_list":["post-8133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8133"}],"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=8133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}