SatixFy's Fully Digital Beam-Hopping Payload Successfully Launched on OneWeb's JoeySat Satellite
22 Mai 2023 - 2:00PM
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SatixFy Communications Ltd. (“SatixFy”) (NYSE AMERICAN:
SATX), a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems
based on in-house-developed chipsets, announced today that the
OneWeb JoeySat Satellite was successfully launched from California
on Saturday, May 20, 2023.
This advanced broadband satellite, designed to offer high-speed
internet connectivity anywhere on Earth, has been nicknamed
‘JoeySat’ after a baby kangaroo for its beam-hopping abilities. The
satellite is able to remotely direct and boost its beams to focus
coverage to certain locations, such as areas of high usage where
the network is struggling to cope with demand. Its fully digital
beam-hopping and beam-steering payload, provided by SatixFy, can
switch between various places on Earth up to 1000 times per second
and adjust the strength of the communications signals to meet
demand.
The satellite was developed under a £32 million grant from the
UK Space Agency, via the Sunrise Partnership, which is a project
between the European Space Agency and telecommunications operator,
OneWeb. Its advanced digital regenerative payload was built, tested
and fully qualified by SatixFy. The flexible payload is fully
software defined and will be reconfigurable in orbit.
"We are proud to be a key technology provider for the future of
satellite-provided broadband internet and part of this European
Space Agency project," commented Charlie Bloomfield, CEO
of SatixFy Space Systems. “Our solution enables the fine-tuning
and steering of bandwidth to the location of bandwidth-demand via
our software defined on-board processors, digital beamforming and
hopping antennas. We believe this has the potential to a
game-changer for the future of resilient multi-orbit satellite
communication and are very excited as this nascent market continues
to grow and develop.”
Paul Bate, Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, said:
“OneWeb’s JoeySat will be a game-changer for satellite
communications, offering the chance to improve people’s lives
through reliable connectivity, whether that means better broadband
services in remote places, or the ability to respond more
effectively to emergency situations. As part of our priority to
deliver missions and capabilities to our flourishing space sector,
the UK Space Agency has invested more than £50 million into the
mission, funding both the innovative technology behind JoeySat’s
creation and the development of a wider ecosystem that will ensure
a reliable and sustainable end-to-end service.”
Javier Benedicto, Acting Director of Telecommunications and
Integrated Applications at ESA, said: “ESA’s Partnership
Projects maximise the benefits to agile space companies in Europe
thanks to efficient co-management tailored to the best commercial
practices. The JoeySat satellite demonstrator for OneWeb’s
next-generation constellation is a superb example of this
cooperation.”
Massimiliano Ladovaz, CTO of OneWeb, said: “We are
grateful to SatixFy for their cutting-edge work to design JoeySat
and we are thrilled to see this innovative satellite now in-orbit.
We have long believed that innovation is best achieved through
collaboration and partnerships, like those developed under Sunrise
for JoeySat, have brought together industry leaders and government
to work together to see how we can all meet the changing
connectivity needs of people around the world.”
Watch the launch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crdFx4HiSFw
About SatixFy
SatixFy develops end-to-end next-generation satellite
communications systems, including satellite payloads, user
terminals and modems, based on powerful chipsets that it develops
in house.
SatixFy’s products include modems that feature Software Defined
Radio (SDR) and Fully Electronically Steered Multi Beam Antennas
(ESMA) that support the advanced communications standard DVB-S2X.
SatixFy’s innovative ASICs improve the overall performance of
satellite communications systems, reduce the weight and power
requirements of terminals and payloads, and save real estate for
gateway equipment. SatixFy’s advanced VSATs and multi-beam fully
electronically steered antenna arrays are optimized for a variety
of mobile applications and services, using LEO, MEO and GEO
satellite communications systems, for aero/in-flight connectivity
systems, communications-on-the-move applications, satellite-enabled
Internet-of-Things, and consumer user terminals.
SatixFy is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel with additional
offices in the US, UK and Bulgaria. For more information, please
refer to www.SatixFy.com.
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must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an
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probability. Forward-looking statements are subject to various
known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
the Company's control and cannot be predicted, and therefore actual
results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties
include, without limitation, the risk that the the OneWeb JoeySat
Satellite will not be as successful as projected, and such other
risks set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on
Form 20-F/A filed with the SEC on May 1, 2023. The Company assumes
no obligation to update any written or oral forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise unless required by law.
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Investor Contact: Kenny Green & Ehud Helft, EK Global IR,
satixfy@ekglobal.com
Media Contact: Helena Itzhak, info@satixfy.com
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