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Design, manufacturing and test of an integrated low power module suitable for volume production, incorporating analogue and digital functions and enabling in-orbit dynamic capacity allocation and digital beamforming over a wide frequency range of 17 GHz to 31 GHz, with a useful bandwidth of up to 3.5 GHz, and 16 Radio Frequency (RF) interfaces.
The CREST-5G project addresses the escalating demand for seamless integration of satellite communication systems with terrestrial 5G networks, aiming to provide direct-to-device connectivity in regions where terrestrial coverage is inadequate or absent. Specifically, this project investigates the feasibility of implementing Time Division Duplexing (TDD) in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) operating within the C-band frequency spectrum.
The UAV-3S (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Satellite System Simulator) project focuses on design, development and testing of an end-to-end system simulator that provides performance indicators which are key for the development of UAV satellite terminals. The simulator supports both Command and Control (C&C), and payload data communications, geostationary (GSO) and non-GSO constellations, a variety of UAVs and realistic terrain morphology.
The CREST-5G project addresses the escalating demand for seamless integration of satellite communication systems with terrestrial 5G networks, aiming to provide direct-to-device connectivity in regions where terrestrial coverage is inadequate or absent. Specifically, this project investigates the feasibility of implementing Time Division Duplexing (TDD) in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) operating within the C-band frequency spectrum.
The Tawny DDBF ASIC is a next generation beamforming chip to optimise size, weight, power and performance for satellite ground-based user terminals, ultimately enabling satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) communications.
Everest aims to overcome the challenges of limited and unreliable connectivity in today’s Connected Vehicles and Critical Infrastructure/Energy Management markets, by relying on the world's first high-speed and uninterrupted global Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity solution using novel satellite technology.
The Intelligent platform study has the objective to define and assess all the key aspects related to the design and operations of the Spacecraft element of an intelligent system targeting a disruptive level of autonomy.
The Data Relay Constellation (DRC) project deploys satellites acting as "ground stations in space," improving satellite connectivity. Leveraging optical and RF communication, it dramatically reduces latency and increases availability for Earth observation missions, enhancing Europe's sovereign capabilities in satellite operations and communication technologies.
Qoherent is developing an intelligent, AI-powered radio resource scheduler for deployment into open-source based 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) gNodeB’s. The scheduler has an inference subsystem that operates directly on IQ samples and performs inference corresponding to radio resource assignment with low latency. This technology has the potential to be included as a regenerative payload as part of an on-board 5G NTN gNodeB.
The Modular to Constellations Power Control and Distribution Unit (MC PCDU) is a scalable and modular electrical power system designed for low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations. It ensures power distribution compliance with various mission requirements while maintaining a competitive mass and volume envelope. The design leverages flight-proven automotive-grade components to provide a balance between reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
LPASAAD targets the demonstration of a new ground segment antenna concept that utilises low cost steering technology based on liquid crystals. The final objective is to design, manufacture and test an antenna breadboard representative of a low profile, electronically scanning transmit–receive Ka band User Terminal antenna, whose re-configurability function is based on liquid crystal devices.
This project develops a flexible Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver, building on flight-proven S-band technology. Building on existing developments, the project creates new firmware for inter-satellite communication, including routing, and a half-duplex S-band front-end. The design also considers future higher frequencies, enabling wider application areas.
The content of this project is the development of a specific piezoelectrically driven, two-axis mirror tilting system for optical communication in space. In consideration of the increasing demand for high-speed data transmission, the aim was to develop a system that fulfils the requirements for both Fine Steering Mirrors (FSM) and Point Ahead Mirrors (PAM). The system enables precise alignment of laser beams and compensates for interference caused by the movement of the satellites relative to each other or by the environment. The challenges included ensuring suitable tilt angles, high frequency response, very precise and repeatable movements and robustness against vibrations during a rocket launch. The use of piezoelectric actuators offers advantages such as high accuracy and low power consumption, making it ideal for use in space. The developed system reduces integration costs by providing one solution for two different applications while fulfilling the specific requirements.
The development and verification of a new DVB-S2X (a digital satellite television broadcast standard) high-speed downlink transmitter for low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, with high-capacity storage.
The IPFS project targets the definition of promising applications and Platform reference architecture for next generations of Satellites equipped with a suite of cutting-edge autonomous features, also leveraging Artificial Intelligence techniques. The target application of the IPFS project is to be seen in the context of an E2E Intelligent System that will include space and ground, where the advanced autonomy requirement could be closed more edge or ground, depending on the specific mission or service needs.
The project explores continual machine learning techniques for onboard implementation in communication satellites, enhancing their reliability and data throughput using advanced DPUs, and neuromorphic computers.
Very/ High Throughput Satellites (V/HTS) systems will play an important role in integrated satellite-terrestrial networks. A key technological evolution to cope with the ever-growing demand for higher data rates in bandwidth-limited V/HTS systems is to shift their feeder links to the Q/V-band (40/50 GHz). Even though up to 5 GHz of bandwidth is available in the Q/V-band, tens of spatially separated feeder links with a full re-use of the uplink frequency resources are required to support the aggregated user link bandwidth.
The E2EQSS project is a pioneering effort to incorporate asymmetric quantum-safe cryptography, also known as post-quantum cryptography, to facilitate quantum-safe key distribution tailored explicitly for future satellite constellations. By seamlessly integrating space and ground components, the project aims to establish a fortified barrier against the advances of quantum computing threats.
In response to the increasing numbers of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) that require a high capacity for information transfer, a study is conducted in feasibility of achieving space to underwater communications. Optical communications present an opportunity for long range communications through the air-water interface that cannot be achieved with acoustic or RF methods.
The EURANTOS project provides Radio Frequency antenna semiconductor components for satellite constellations and is aiming for space and ground applications. The technology is offering an optimised and less complex solution for active antenna systems in the future environment of 5G networks, for example, autonomous driving.
With user links in High-Throughput Satellites reaching 500+Mbaud symbol rates and new spectrum allocation for terrestrial 5G in Ka-band, user terminals can support both satellite and terrestrial carriers. The Hybrid Channel Emulator allows users to validate the performance of such terminals in a lab environment, by emulating synchronized radio propagation conditions of satellite and terrestrial links in many scenarios.
Demonstration of a compact fiber-optical matrix switch allowing to reconfigure the optical signals from any of 64 fiber-optical input ports to any of 64 fiber-optical output ports. The switching technology is based on a combination of Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS).
High-altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS) are aircrafts (airplanes, airships or balloons) positioned above 20 Km altitude, ideally designed to fly for a long time in the stratosphere, providing services conventionally served by artificial satellites orbiting the Earth. This activity has to be understood in the context of a renewed interest in HAPS as assets for providing different services, especially telecommunications and remote sensing for civilian or military applications.
The 5G-EMERGE project aims to develop an integrated satellite and terrestrial online delivery ecosystem to enable high-quality content distribution services. It encompasses a hybrid and fully native IP infrastructure to deploy edges in both 5G and non 5G-network head-ends, home networks and networks in vehicles. The 3GPP 5G specification is used as convergence technology.
Spaceit, together with CybExer Technologies, CGI Estonia, and Foundation CR14, aims to leverage their previous knowledge and infrastructure to offer a single platform – a virtual environment called the "Space Cyber Range" – an innovative testing and training ground for the space industry and related sectors. This initiative will enable companies in the space sector to test their technology, conduct training, and enhance their cyber defense capabilities.
The European Optical Nucleus Network is the first commercially available Network. All Partner Antennas are connected to one Network Operations Center providing seamless access.
This project progressed the development of the Ka-band transceiver for broadband, satellite-user, ground terminals based in the new compound semiconductor technologies available for monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers (PAs). The OMMIC GaN-on-Si process D01GH was selected for a novel PA design and in a study of off-the-shelf MMICs the Iconic ICP2840 tested in package in a transceiver housing.
To ensure VHTS Ground stations’ pointing requirements, customers need competitive European Q-band technical architecture (no export regulations), compatible with other frequency bandwidths and existing architecture (from S band to Ka band). The aim of the BHE’s Q-band tracking downconverter development is to fulfil this recent need.
In the MONAMI project, Kinéis and CEA-Leti develop the next generation of miniature hybrid terrestrial/satellite antennas for IoT sensors. The breadboard antenna supports omni-directional with circular polarization with an ultra-miniaturized form factor.
The project aim to develop and qualify a 10W linear Q-band Solid State Amplifier (SSA) with the best possible trade-off between conflicting requirements of compactness, performance and industrial producibility and with a wide operating bandwidth, 37.5 to 42.5 GHz, in order to fulfill any customer request with minimal adaptations in multiple programmes.
A 10W linear Q-band SSA was already developed on an Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) project (KALOS DEVAQ) up to TRL5. This activity aims at an optimization of mass by use of fewer and more powerful Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs), followed by qualification (TRL7) of the complete equipment.
CASSIS aims at globally connecting ‘users-on-the-move’ to the internet at high speed and low cost. The technology developed on this activity consists of a low-profile electronically steerable antenna for LEO, which aims to provide SATCOMs on the move, at high frequency, bandwidth and throughput, for low-cost and production scalability in the automotive sector.
This study explores the transition to lead-free soldering in the space industry due to EU regulations like RoHS and REACH. It highlights the challenges of reliability, such as higher reflow temperatures and tin whisker formation, while presenting the Innolot solder alloy as a leading candidate. Future efforts focus on optimizing materials and industrializing processes for enhanced performance and sustainability in space applications.
The VISTAM project aims at the realization of a High Power Amplifier module operating in V-band (59 – 71 GHz) with 10 W Output Power. These two features enable inter-satellite telecom links with 10 Gbps capacity and up to 5000 km link distance, taking advantage of wide band channel and high-order modulation schemes
The activity aims to prototype DOG-1, a multi-mode receive modem, compliant to the optical CCSDS specifications and able to process up to 10Gb/s. The modem addresses both high and low intensity laser reception by using hard decision decoding and state-of-the-art soft decision decoding. DOG-1 will address the market need for very high bandwidth CCSDS compliant optical receive modem which can be deployed in a varienty of missions: LEO Earth observation to deep space data relays.
STORM is a comprehensive platform that transforms static spectrum allocations into a dynamic commercial marketplace. It enables efficient management and trading of satellite spectrum resources, making space connectivity more accessible and affordable for IoT and other services.
Project AO-LIMA aims to enhance optical and quantum communication systems by demonstrating innovative III-V avalanche photodiodes (APDs) operating at a 1550 nm wavelength, offering substantial performance improvements over commercially available InGaAs APD devices
The rise in radio spectrum applications and users has made signal interference a critical issue in the satellite industry, which operates within tight frequency allocations. This activity explores using aerial mobile platforms to detect unauthorized transmitters and enhance spectrum management. The airborne platform aims to assist in the final stages of geolocation, also known as the last-mile geolocation.
