Optical Terminals
BMOT
Optical Terminal
Blue Marble Communications Optical Terminal (BMOT) is the highest performance optical communication terminal solution available on the market, featuring:
- Industry-leading combination of optical aperture and transmit power, enabling high data rates at long link ranges,
- Two dual-waveform optical modem options:
- 10Gbaud NRZ OOK (SDA OCT v3.2) & Burst-Mode OOK (SDA OCT v4.0), or
- 100/200G or 400G DP-QPSK (Open ZR+) & 10Gbaud NRZ OOK (SDA OCT v3.2),
- Packet erasure coding for atmospheric turbulence fading mitigation in bidirectional space-to-ground links,
- Industry-leading power efficiency and radiation performance with all 7nm FPGA/ASIC processing,
- Reliability & radiation hardness assurance for harsh 10+ year MEO & GEO missions.
BMOT integrates seamlessly with BMC’s network routing, edge computing, and RF waveform processing products to provide a single integrated mission payload solution for spaceborne communications & computing systems.
Edge Computers
SEP2
Space Edge Processor, Gen-2
Blue Marble Communications radiation-hardened SEP2 is our second-generation edge computing product featuring latest AMD Ryzen CPU/GPU/NPU and Xilinx Versal AI Edge Gen-2 processor technologies.
The 4nm/6nm computing platforms provide for industry-leading radiation performance and compute power efficiency.
Modems & Transceivers
SDX-2Ka
Software-Defined Modem/Transceiver
Blue Marble Communications radiation-hardened SDX is our second-generation, dual-channel Ka-band, software-defined radio for spaceborne communication systems. The RF channels are also available with integrated X-band, Ku-band, and/or custom frequency converters.
Modulation and coding are software-definable and currently available in industry-standard DVB-S2, DVB-S2X, and 5G NR NTN; alternate or custom waveforms are available upon request. The multi-processor architecture provides for ultra-high bandwidth/throughput regenerative waveform processing.
SDX-2Ka has successfully completed Ka Compatibility Testing (KCT) for multiple SDA PWSA programs.
Mission Routers
SMR
Space Mission Router
Blue Marble Communications radiation-hardened SMR is a 720Gbps, highly configurable data plane that can function as an L1 crosspoint or L2/L3 switch/router with custom implementations available upon request. SMR boasts industry-leading radiation performance and power efficiency provided by AMD Xilinx Versal (7nm) SoC technology with integrated Ethernet hard IP.
A typical configuration is an MPLS router with standards-compliant label edge/switch routing (RFC3031), differentiated services (RFC3270), ECN (RFC5129), AQM (RFC7567), IP routing (RFC1812), virtualization (RFC3032), IP routing support (RFC1812), IP DSCP-based marking/policing/shaping, and other customer-specified features. SMR has successfully completed SDA PWSA NEBULA Network Verification Testing (NVT).
SMR integrates seamlessly with BMC’s BMOT 100G optical communication terminals, SDX software-defined modem/transceivers, and SEP edge computers.
