XLink – a 0.3 U sized X-band Transceiver for NanoSats
- Paper number
IAC-17,B2,7,3,x39647
- Author
Mr. Daniel Noack, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- Coauthor
Prof. Klaus Briess, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Klaus Jaeckel, IQ-Wireless GmbH, Germany
- Year
2017
- Abstract
Advancing miniaturization of satellite components and satellite systems has recently led to increased data volume demands in the field of small satellites. By enabling this data transfer X-band communication systems have risen in popularity among small satellite manufacturers. XLink is a novel X-band transceiver for nanosatellites and is being developed in cooperation between IQ wireless and the Technische Universität Berlin. Its bandwidth capabilities will cover the Earth exploration band (8025-8400 MHz) as well as the space research band (8450-8500 MHz). The integrated receiver shall make use of the newly assigned X-band uplink frequency band (7190-7250 MHz) and alternatively S-band radio frequencies (2025-2110 MHz) for TT&C. Its size of 0.3U and maximum power consumption of 15 Watts enable XLink to redundantly transmit with an overall output power of 30dB.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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