Pulsar Verified Receiver Integration Program

Pulsar Verified is Xona Space Systems’ structured ecosystem and certification program for hardware developers who want to build or retrofit products with native Pulsar signal reception. The program provides a defined technical validation pathway — including access to Pulsar signal simulators, live-sky test data from Pulsar-0, software development kits, and integration support — allowing receiver manufacturers, chipset integrators, and test equipment vendors to confirm compatibility and achieve the Pulsar Verified designation.

Because Pulsar’s X1 and X5 signals occupy L-band spectrum adjacent to GPS L1 and L5, existing dual-band GNSS receiver hardware requires only a firmware or software update to ingest Pulsar signals alongside conventional GNSS. This means Pulsar Verified certification can extend to legacy equipment: Trimble has brought devices manufactured from 2018 onward into Pulsar compatibility through the program. Septentrio (part of Hexagon) is rolling Pulsar integration across its full next-generation device lineup. Other inaugural cohort participants include STMicroelectronics, Safran, StarNav, and Keysight.

For end-users and system integrators, the Pulsar Verified mark signals that a receiver has been independently validated against the Pulsar signal and is ready to deliver the full Pulsar performance envelope — centimeter-level positioning, sub-10 ns timing, range authentication, and enhanced jamming resilience — as the constellation scales toward full global coverage.

GNSS simulation infrastructure from partners such as Spirent and Safran enables pre-constellation evaluation and hardware-in-the-loop testing without requiring live satellite passes.