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April 9, 2024 |

Updating DVB’s satellite toolbox to serve non-geostationary constellations

By Avi Freedman:   NGSO (Non-Geostationary Orbit) satellites are taking an increasing role providing ubiquitous, low-latency broadband services, with new constellations planned and launched. Most enterprises initiating those constellations opted to use proprietary, non-standard air interfaces for their systems. However,...
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October 17, 2023 |

Progress Report: 4 Months Post Launch, JoeySat Communicating with Ground Stations and all Tests are on Track

by: Tariq Roshan Designed to demonstrate the viability of next generation digital regenerative satellite communications, the beam-hopping JoeySat broadband satellite – launched into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on May 20th – is currently meeting our high expectations. An exciting milestone...
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March 13, 2023 |

Introducing Onyx: the IFC Solution for the Skies  

By Danny Frai One of Euroconsult’s latest Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity report confirms what all of us are experiencing: In-Flight Connectivity for passengers is becoming more popular year after year. As more and more travelers expect to be...
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March 6, 2023 |

SatixFy: Talking Payloads

by Charlie Bloomfield   We at SatixFy are super excited about our payloads: complete high-performance package solutions that turn “new space” fantasies into reality. Just imagine: payloads that offer low SWaP, modular, production-ready designs, software-defined functionality and operations, and, above...
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January 24, 2018 |

Beam Hopping System Design Consideration – Part 3

  This paper was given at the Ka and Broadband Communication Conference - 2015 - It is presented here as in the original proceedings' submission and conference PDF distribution. [proceedings] This post is the third in a three parts series....
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January 17, 2018 |

Beam Hopping System Design Considerations – Part 2

This paper was given at the Ka and Broadband Communication Conference - 2015 - It is presented here as in the original proceedings' submission and conference PDF distribution. [proceedings] This post is the second in a three parts series. The...
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January 14, 2018 |

Beam Hopping System Design Considerations – Part 1

This paper was given at the Ka and Broadband Communication Conference - 2015 - It is presented here as in the original proceedings' submission and conference PDF distribution. [proceedings] Abstract The introduction of high throughput satellites (HTS), with multi-spot beams,...
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September 7, 2017 |

Beam Hopping – How to Make it Possible: (Part 3)

This part (and last) of The Beam-Hopping blog explores the fundamental ecosystem and resource management functions needed to operate a beam-hopping satellite network. we also discuss the satellite operator gains and conclude the whole post. Part One and part two...
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August 15, 2017 |

Future Investments in VSAT: What you Need to Know

The idea for this article comes from a mainstream media satellite article; this article is not verbatim copy (not an exact copy). The article comments on SatixFy's approach to addressing the dramatic reduction of satellite bandwidth cost on the ground....
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July 30, 2017 |

Beam Hopping – How to Make it Possible: (Part 2)

This part of The Beam-Hopping blog post focuses on core technical aspects of a Beam-Hopping system elements. We address  the technology challenges which arise from the theory and need to be solved practically in the design. Part one of the...
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July 13, 2017 |

Beam Hopping – How to Make it Possible (Part 1)

This post is the first in a three parts series. The following two parts will be published next. See part 2 and part 3 (links) Part 1 - An introduction to beam-hopping technology with definition and beam-hopping advantages. Part 2...
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June 11, 2017 |

SatixFy Technology for a Satellite IoT/M2M Service Offering

Satellite M2M (Machine to Machine) or IoT (Internet of Things) has some unique advantages over terrestrial M2M/IoT (mainly cellular operation) such as coverage, no need for roaming, inherent security that comes from the private network architecture and the possibility to...
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May 23, 2017 |

SatixFy at Satellite 2017

Click on video below or go to YouTube At Communication Asia 2017 SatixFy's marketing and management teams meet industry professionals. Like many international trade shows, we focus on the personal aspect in business. We value the face-to-face opportunity to introduce...
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September 14, 2016 |

Global LEO Constellations Based on Nano-Satellites/CubeSats

Preface Miniaturization, standardization and high-level integration, which led to large price reduction and commoditization of so many of the devices that are being used every day, has not skipped the satellite world. Nano/Microsatellites and CubeSats are common names to the...
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October 12, 2015 |

First Satellite Software Defined Radio (SDR) Chip Implementation

In this post we describe the design principles, the basic structure and main performance data for a new ASIC modem, SatixFy’s SX-3000, fully supporting the newly published DVB-S2X standard. This DVB-S2 extension standard provides an improvement over existing standards in...
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October 12, 2015 |

Satellite Radio and TV In Ka Band With Line Of Sight Blockage Protection

Satellite radio has been very successful, especially in the US with the Sirius and XM radios, transmitting by dedicated satellites in S-Band. A very interesting alternative would be the usage of Ka-band transmissions enabling global coverage with local high gain...
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October 12, 2015 |

The Dream of Sub $100 VSAT Is Getting Closer To Reality

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems have been for many years and are still providing communication solutions. The traditional use is low-cost solutions for users in need to roll out a network covering a very wide area, which outspans the...
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October 12, 2015 |

On-board Processing Payload for LEO in 24 GHz unlicensed band

The introduction of new, innovative payload baseband Modem ASICs (such as SatixFy’s SX 3000 series) enables low-power, low-weight scalable payload design. Coupled with the use of unlicensed ISM 24 GHz frequencies allows unique LEO payload designs with weight in the...
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October 12, 2015 |

Air Interface For Low Power Operation Of A Satellite Terminal

Applications like water and gas metering, widely spread sensor networks, security cameras of remote sites and similar require communications over a very broad area with varying demands for data rates. For those applications, satellite communications, over a GEO satellite or...
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October 12, 2015 |

VL-SNR Implementation For Mobile Broadband Applications

The new standard, DVB-S2X, has extended its operation range down to signal to noise ratio of -10dB. The standard defines a range of robust modulation and coding schemes, within a frame compatible with DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X frames. A very robust...
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October 17, 2012 |

SatixFy licenses CEVA-XC DSP for Broadband Satellite Applications

SatixFy leverages CEVA-XC DSP to develop a low-cost, multi-standard broadband satellite SoC targeting fixed and mobile applications. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and...
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September 18, 2012 |

Comsys Conference Promotes Healthiest VSAT Market in Years

[Satellite News 09-18-12] If the goal for the Comsys VSAT 2012 conference was to put a confident VSAT market on display, the event should be considered an ultimate success. Satellite executive leaders brought excitement for new business plans to the event’s panel...
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September 14, 2012 |

VSAT Potential Rises in Developing Markets

The mood of optimism continued on day two of Comsys’ VSAT 2012 conference. The morning was full of information about exciting new business plans as companies tried to target VSAT opportunities in developing markets. The morning kicked off with ex-Gilat...
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