Kongsberg Satellite Services, KSAT! Established in 1967 (as the Tromsø Telemetry station)! Kongsberg Satellite Services since 2002! World leading commercial satellite center! Providing services based on data received from polar orbiting satellites! Global operator of ground network for satellite operation and control! Leading and unbiased provider of multi-mission, near-real time services! Supporting 100+ satellite missions
KSAT Lite - Background! Satellite industry has been changing rapidly in recent years! Triggered by technology advances, emerging commercial applica8ons, reduced governmental budgets and new spacefaring na8ons Accelerated move towards low cost space systems And consequently, low cost ground systems February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication 3
KSAT Lite - Requirements! Through talking to a large number of cubesat / smallsat players, the following top level requirements were iden8fied:! Substan8ally reduced opera8onal cost! Low ini8al investment! Good up8me through high quality antenna systems and professional maintenance! Flexibility on opera8onal requirements for antenna availability! Flexible solu8ons for pass selec8on and priority alloca8on! Lower RF performance on satellite to be compensated on the ground February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 4
KSAT Lite Overall Concept! Substan8ally reduced opera8onal cost! Small antennas (with lower RF performance)! Automated opera8ons and pass booking! Standardized capabili8es and interface! Low ini8al investment! KSAT owns and operates antennas! Mul8-mission usage! U8lizing exis8ng KSAT infrastructure! Opera8onal considera8ons! Standardized SLA with varying degree of priority access! Mul8-mission, mul8-customer on antennas! Backup through antenna pool consept! High quality equipment and maintenance! Flexible pass booking! Web based antenna pass scheduler! Opens for machine-to-machine scheduling February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 5
KSAT Lite - GS Concepts! The Local Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approach! Operator purchase, install and operate a low-cost antenna, oten at operators loca8on! The Global Do-It-Yourself approach! Operators purchases, installs and operates several antennas at mul8ple global loca8ons! The Service Provider approach! Operator buys capacity on an exis8ng ground sta8on network, where the antennas are owned, operated and maintained by the service provider. Local DIY Global DIY Service Provider Ini8al investment Medium High None # visible passes Low Medium High High Maintenance cost Medium KSAT Lite will make High this approach affordable None Backup capability Addi8onal investment Addi8onal investment Integrated Financial risk Medium High Low Service fee, pass price None None Tradi8onally high February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 6
KSAT Lite - Antennas KSAT Lite XSS UHF/VHF Ka-band Receive X-band S-band UHF VHF Ka-band Transmit S-band VHF/UHF - February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 7
KSAT Lite XSS Antennas 3.7m XSS Rx X-band 8000 8400 MHz Rx S-band 2200 2300 MHz Tx S-band 2025 2110 MHz G/T X-band 27.50 db/k (8000 MHz) 27.46 db/k (8200 MHz) 27.04 db/k (8375 MHz) G/T S-band 13.04 db/k (2200 MHz) 12.51 db/k (2240 MHz) 13.23 db/k (2300 MHz)! X-band ideal for high BW! S-band TT&C or lower BW EIRP S-band 44 dbw February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 8
KSAT Lite UHF/VHF Antennas UHF/VHF UHF UHF VHF Frequency 395-405 MHz 432 440 MHz 143 148 MHz Gain 16.2 dbic 15.5 dbic 12.34 dbic Beamwidth 30 circular 30 circular 52 circular Polariza8on Circular LH/RH Circular LH/RH Circular LH/RH! Less need for poin8ng accuracy February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 9
KSAT Lite Ka Antennas 2.8m Ka Rx Ka-band 25.5 27.0 GHz G/T Ka-band 30.0 db/k 1! Ideal loca8ons 1 Calculated value February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 10
KSAT Lite - Backends! KSAT standard «IP out» EWus! KSAT standard VM + Enus TX/CmdP! BYOD Bring Your Own Device RX/FEP VM UDCs RX/TX Network CFE (TX, RX, FEP,?) February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 11
KSAT Lite - Backends UHF/VHF XSS Ka IF frequencies 400, 435 MHz / 145 MHz 70 Mhz / 720 MHz / L-band 1200/2400 MHz/L-band CCSDS AOS Symbol rate (Tx/Rx) 1 Msps/5 Msps 100/200 Msps Bandwidth 5 MHz 250 MHz Coding R-S, Convolu8onal, Viterbi, NRZ-L/M, Bi-phase Modula8ons PCM/FM, FSK, BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK + 8PSK Processing DVB-S2 Baud rate Coding Modcons Processing Packet processing, archival, Berts, encryp8on 0,256 45 Mbaud BHC, LDPC QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK + VCM Filtering, rou8ng, encryp8on February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 12
KSAT Lite - Loca8ons S/X-band February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication 13
KSAT Lite - LocaYons UHF/VHF SVALBARD VARDØ WASHINGTON NEW YORK ARIZONA GEORGINA ITALY KAZAKHSTAN KOREA JAPAN MOROCCO CURACAO OMAN MALAYSIA BRAZIL ARGENTINA SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA KSAT GROUND STATION KSAT PARTNER STATION UHF/VHF SITES KA-BAND SITES February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 14
KSAT Lite - LocaYons KA-band SVALBARD KSAT GROUND STATION KSAT PARTNER STATION UHF/VHF SITES KA-BAND SITES ANTARCTICA TROLLSAT February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 15
KSAT Lite - KA-band! The narrow beamwidth requires precise antenna focusing (through accurate tracking, high precision mechanics and reflector design)! Anenua8on of radio signal due to atmospheric moisture! Performance degrada8on due to water/snow on the radome February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 16
KSAT Lite - LocaYons Rec. ITU-R PN.837-1 Rainfall intensity exceeded (0.01% of average year) Svalsat Minimal radio signal awenuayon Troll February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 17
KSAT Lite - Service Levels Maxi Commit to average number of daily passes KSAT guarantees antenna capacity Scheduling scheme priority Possible to top up with flexi passes Maxi-SLA Flexi Flexible scheduling based on availability Low financial commitment Possible to move passes within same week Scheduling up to 3h before pass available Flexi-SLA Week n Scheduling week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Maxi DL 1 Maxi DL 2 Flexi opens February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 18
KSAT Lite OperaYons! TNOC! Tromsø Network Opera8ons Centre! Remote monitoring & control of all sta8ons! One-stop point of contact! 24/7/365! Backup at Svalbard! Side by side opera8ons for cri8cal missions! Highly reliable communica8ons infrastructure February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 19
KSAT Lite - Scheduling! Machine machine interface! XML-based! Confirma8ons! Interac8ve scheduling tool! Real-8me access to the KSAT antenna scheduling system! Full visibility into passes fivng mission needs! Visual representa8on of both available and scheduled passes! Interac8ve scheduling and cancella8ons! Both mission, site and 8me based views! Mul8-satellite and mul8-site support! «Shopping cart» approach February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 20
KSAT Lite - CommunicaYon! All sites have connec8vity to interna8onal communica8on networks -> possibility for high bandwidths! Several service providers for full redundancy! Redundant and adaptable fibre technology to Svalbard! 1 Gb Thor-7 Ka-band link to Antarc8ca (Troll)! Dedicated bandwidth through leased lines usually for strict real-8me requirements! Internet for cost efficient distribu8on, including sharing! KSAT has vast experience with backhaul communica8ons February 19, 2016 WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication Page 21