Enterprise NGSO Terminal
ALCAN Systems
Low-cost, electronically steered flat-panel Ka-band ground terminal for LEO/MEO satellite broadband.
Technical specifications
- Throughput
- In excess of 400 Mbps
- Beam steering
- 2D electronic, no moving parts
- Scan angle
- +/-55 degrees
- Duplex
- Full-duplex
- Slew time
- <30 ms
- Signal throughput reliability
- >99.5%
- Antenna size
- 55 cm x 99 cm x 9 cm
- Weight
- <20 kg
- Power consumption
- <100 W (including LNB and BUC)
- Frequency band
- Ka-band
- Supported orbits
- LEO, MEO
- Design
- Modular, combinable for higher gain/throughput
About
The Enterprise NGSO Terminal is ALCAN Systems’ flat-panel ground terminal built on the company’s liquid-crystal electronically steered antenna technology, targeted at enterprise connectivity over Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellations. ALCAN positions it as the market’s lowest-cost flat-panel ground terminal for NGSO broadband, delivering high-capacity Ka-band throughput without any mechanically moving parts.
The antenna uses two-dimensional electronic beam steering across a wide +/-55 degree scan angle, allowing it to track fast-moving non-geostationary satellites continuously. It is full-duplex, with slew times under 30 ms enabling greater than 99.5% signal throughput during satellite handovers. The terminal’s modular design allows multiple antenna panels to be combined to scale gain and throughput to customer requirements.
Target applications include cellular/ISP trunking and backhaul to difficult-to-reach locations, mission-critical enterprise connectivity and disaster recovery, and energy and mining site connectivity, particularly where low power consumption (including potential solar power) and low maintenance (no moving parts) are important.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.