MWSE Space Microwave Payloads (GASPER / FMPL-2 / GBSAR)
MWSE - Microwave Sensors and Electronics
Spanish company developing L-band radiometers, GNSS reflectometers, software-defined radio payloads and ground-based synthetic aperture radars for small satellite and nanosatellite missions.
Technical specifications
- Space payload: GASPER
- Galileo-enabled in-orbit receiver for IOD/IOV missions
- Space payload: FMPL-2
- L-band radiometer + GNSS-Reflectometer SDR; flown on 3Cat-5/A nanosatellite
- Space payload: FSSCat RF front-end
- L-band radiometer and GNSS-R reflectometer channels for FSSCat mission
- Ground system: MFFP-GBSAR
- Multi-frequency full-polarization ground-based SAR for InSAR deformation monitoring
- Frequency bands
- L-band (primary); multi-frequency radar
- Technology
- Software-defined radio (SDR), L-band radiometry, GNSS reflectometry, InSAR
About
MWSE (Microwave Sensors and Electronics S.L.), formerly Balamis, is a Spanish microwave technology company that designs and builds space payloads and ground-based radar systems for Earth observation and navigation applications. Their space product portfolio includes: GASPER (Galileo Space ReceivER), a low-cost NewSpace Galileo-enabled receiver designed for in-orbit demonstration and validation missions; FMPL-2 (Flexible Microwave Payload-2), a software-defined radio payload that simultaneously operates as an L-band radiometer and GNSS-Reflectometer, flown on the 3Cat-5/A nanosatellite; and an RF front-end developed for the FSSCat nanosatellite mission’s L-band radiometer and GNSS-R reflectometer channels. On the ground segment side, MWSE offers the MFFP-GBSAR (Multi-Frequency Full-Polarization Ground-Based SAR), a compact radar system for monitoring ground surface deformation and displacements under dense vegetation using multi-frequency InSAR with full polarization capability — demonstrated at agricultural and geotechnical monitoring sites. The company also develops multi-frequency microwave radiometers and reflectometers for ground and airborne platforms.
Documentation
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