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Features / technical details

• Utilises advanced 2nd Gen Packaging
  • BGA Packages
  • High density PCBs and MCMs
  • Advanced thermal materials
• 2.5V Asics, up to 70MHz operation.
• Dual ADC and DAC hybrids.
• 2 units of ~ 75kg each.
• Power consumption of < 1.8 kW.
• Fully automated testing including BIST.

Mobile up/downlink key parameters

• Dynamic range: 16dB
• Signal to Noise: 30dB
• 30 MHz usable bandwidth
• Digital beamforming with 120 elements
• All elements can be used for each beam
• Active beam weights can be changed on demand

Feeder up/downlink key parameters

• Dynamic range: 16dB
• Signal to Noise: 30dB
• 10 sub-bands of 12.6MHz

Routing Flexibility

• Transparent processing, any signal types
• Channel switching granularity 100kHz
• Beamforming with granularity 200kHz
• Contiguous channels 100kHz to 10MHz
• Total capacity 630 channels of 200kHz
• Mobile to mobile connectivity 84 duplex 100kHz channels

Control Functions

• Spacecraft 1553 bus for processor hardware configuration
• Dedicated control channel for dynamic processor routing configuration
• 100kbps up/down capacity on feeder link
• Supports 25 add/remove beam commands per second

Categories

• Digital Electronics

Applications

Telecommunication

Reference customers

Inmarsat 4

Contact

products@astrium.eads.net