Teledyne Paradise Datacom QubeFlex Smallsat LEO Modem
Teledyne Paradise Datacom QubeFlex Satellite Modem
The Paradise Datacom QubeFlex modem provides advanced support for CCSDS telemetry, Intelsat and other common space transmission and packet standards. Forward error correction ensures data is protected against transmission loss. High data rates ensure maximum data can be received on each satellite pass.
The high stability demodulator will acquire and remain locked to the signal even when faced with the largest Doppler frequency shifts caused by fast-moving low-earth orbit satellites. Demodulator output is formatted for convenient onward computer processing and storage.
Features tailored for CubeSat operation
The QubeFlex software-defined modem has been designed for the low-earth orbit CubeSat and smallsat markets. Growing commercial applications demand fast time to market and reliable comms. As part of our end-to-end communication solutions, this modem replaces the do-it-yourself approach with a professional off-the-shelf solution suited to your current and future needs.
With our partners, we provide the onboard and ground-based communications and even simplify onward processing and storage of the received data. Put simply, the QubeFlex approach saves constantly reinventing the wheel.
QubeSat Features
- Data rates up to 60Mbps
- Support for CCSDS telemetry & Intelsat standards including Viterbi/Reed-Solomon error correction, interleaving & scrambling
- Modem is protocol agnostic but includes explicit support for CCSDS, CubeSat Space Protocol (CSP) & AX.25 packet processing
- Modulation to 3GHz & demodulation to 2.7GHz (includes 2.2 to 2.45GHz S-band)
- Supports other bands (including X) when used with external frequency conversion
- Doppler limits: +/-700kHz, +/-9kHz/s
- Demodulator output options: Ethernet (with optional timestamps & metadata) & EIA-530
- Data capture software
- Q-NET Navigator network control application included as standard
- DVB-S2/S2X ready
Applications
- CubeSat & smallsats
- Low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites
- Earth & weather observation
- Oil & gas exploration
- LEO space research projects
- Intelligence gathering
- Space telemetry