Session
Weekday Session 1: Year in Review
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
NSLSAT-2 is a 6U Nano satellite launched on January 3rd Rideshare mission, The satellite is a unique power communications machine providing unprecedented bitrates form such a small platform. The satellite equipped with an innovative flexible 60 centimeters deployable antenna and an advanced Ka band SDR modem is able to provide over 2 Gigabits per second to a one meter ground antenna. In addition, a flat antenna small ground terminal was developed, this Terminal the size of 2 smartphones, is able to communicated and send data up to the satellite at rates of 10-50 megabits per second. The satellite use cases are for high bandwidth IoT of collecting data from ground sensors, Agriculture, connected cars, energy, border control etc. The sensor connected to the ground Terminal will push the data to the satellite when overhead and downloaded to a larger antenna gateway at super high speeds of gigabits per second.
This satellite the second for NSLComm is also a precursor mission for the KA band system as it will be used on the upcoming LEO communication constellation of NSLComm called Beetlesat.
Beetlesat is a 264 LEO communication constellation made by small satellites in the range of 150-200 kilograms, the Ka band system with deployable antenna proved on NSLSAT-2 will be used for RF based inter satellite links in the Beetlesat constellation.
The technologies discussed in this talk would describe the deployable antenna system and the Ka SDR modem, including a unique shape memory polymer selfie camera system.
Super High Bandwidth Ka Band Nano Satellite for Future Constellation ISL
Utah State University, Logan, UT
NSLSAT-2 is a 6U Nano satellite launched on January 3rd Rideshare mission, The satellite is a unique power communications machine providing unprecedented bitrates form such a small platform. The satellite equipped with an innovative flexible 60 centimeters deployable antenna and an advanced Ka band SDR modem is able to provide over 2 Gigabits per second to a one meter ground antenna. In addition, a flat antenna small ground terminal was developed, this Terminal the size of 2 smartphones, is able to communicated and send data up to the satellite at rates of 10-50 megabits per second. The satellite use cases are for high bandwidth IoT of collecting data from ground sensors, Agriculture, connected cars, energy, border control etc. The sensor connected to the ground Terminal will push the data to the satellite when overhead and downloaded to a larger antenna gateway at super high speeds of gigabits per second.
This satellite the second for NSLComm is also a precursor mission for the KA band system as it will be used on the upcoming LEO communication constellation of NSLComm called Beetlesat.
Beetlesat is a 264 LEO communication constellation made by small satellites in the range of 150-200 kilograms, the Ka band system with deployable antenna proved on NSLSAT-2 will be used for RF based inter satellite links in the Beetlesat constellation.
The technologies discussed in this talk would describe the deployable antenna system and the Ka SDR modem, including a unique shape memory polymer selfie camera system.
