Agile Space Radio (ASR)

ABSTRACT: Space Micro has developed unique and critically important technologies that solve all of these issues simultaneously, when combined with other industry standard satellite design practices can provide a reprogrammable, radiation hardened, scalable space grade communications radio. This platform, which we call the & #956;SDR (software defined radio), can be used as a multi-band, multi-waveform radio that is capable of receiving DoD (Air Force) communications waveforms from all points in the satellite's communication scenario, such as communicating at S-band to one ground station, then reprogramming to K-band for communication to another ground station. BENEFIT: The end applications include many DoD, NASA, other civil and commercial space platforms. Among these specific space programs are NRO Colony, ORS, Tacsat family, Plug and play sats, AEHF tech insertions, F6 follow-ons, SBSS, STSS, advanced GPS, and several classified projects. This technology and evolving Space Micro products will also benefit many commercial space platforms, both LEO and GEO telecommunication satellites, such as Intelsat, Direct TV, XM radio, Orbcomm and Iridium Next telecom constellation replenishment, plus standard industry busses including Lockheed"s A2100, and Boeing"s HS-702. Potential customers include university CubeSat programs as well as space system suppliers, such as Lockheed Martin, Space Systems Loral, Northrop Grumman Space, Astrium, Toshiba, MELCO, and Boeing Space Systems.