Our Business

  • In 2020, the total amount of data created, captured, copied, and consumed globally reached 64.2 zettabytes. By 2025, this number is projected to be nearly triple that amount.

  • A portion of this data is gathered by remote devices such as satellites, drones, and high-powered sensors from far distances on land, sea, air, and space.

  • Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) are the core of transceivers and transmitters in spacecraft and remote sensors.

  • AstroComm has invented an SSPA which increases the power of these devices.

Source: Statistica

Satellites

Issues

  • SSPAs traditionally have very low power-added-efficiency (PAE)

    • Market availability is mostly <30%

  • Low efficiency has been an impediment for more widespread satcom use

    • Century-old travelling wave tubes (TWT) still preferred for large GEO satellites

  • Traditional SSPA design is not suitable for large volume production

    • >$200,000 for the simplest SSPA transponder

Needs

  • Smaller satellites require more efficient SSPAs due to their size

  • Cost of each SSPA has to be low enough to be economically viable for satellites below $1M

  • Given the size of new constellations (100s, 1000s) volume production is a must