RADIOSAT Software Defined Radio
PicoSaTs
Sub-0.5U modem/SDR under 500 g with 300 MHz to 7 GHz tuning, up to 4 Gbps transmit and 1 Gbps receive.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 0.5 kg
- Power
- 35 W
- Data rate
- 4,000 Mbps
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Channels
- 2x 1 GHz IBW Rx channels, 2x 1 GHz IBW Tx channels
- Frequency range
- 300 - 7000 MHz
- TX data rate
- Up to 4 Gbps
- RX data rate
- Up to 1 Gbps
- Protocols
- DVB-S2X with ACM and pre-distortion on transmit, CCSDS on receive; optional DVB-RCS2 or custom
- Volume
- < 0.5 U
- Mass
- < 500 g
- Power consumption
- < 35 W
- Input supply
- 12 V to 24 V
- Interfaces
- SMP gold plated RF connectors; CSP over CAN (opt. Ethernet or RS422); data over SpaceFibre (opt. SpaceWire or Ethernet); UART, SPI, I2C
- Operating temperature
- -20 C to +70 C (non-operating -30 C to +90 C)
- Qualification
- Vibration and TVAC qualified by ECSS-E-ST-10-03C
About
A miniaturized modem / SDR designed for CubeSat and small satellites for LEO and GEO applications. With a volume below 0.5 U and a mass below 500 g, it can reach up to 4 Gbps in transmission and 1 Gbps in reception, making it unique in size and performance ratio.
The SDR is compatible with DVB-S2X (with ACM) in transmission and CCSDS in reception, but also supports custom waveforms and protocols. The interface frequency can be programmed from 300 MHz to 7 GHz with instantaneous bandwidth up to 1 GHz.
Applications: Earth observation data downlink, constellation inter-satellite links and satellite communication. It supports in-orbit firmware and protocol reprogramming and features redundant boot flash with automatic failover and watchdog timers.
Documentation
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