Blue Marble Communications Optical Terminal

Blue Marble Communications’ Optical Terminal (BMOT) provides secure, high-capacity transport for optical space-to-space and space-to-ground communications. Integrated hybrid dual-mode waveform technology supports a wide range of spaceborne optical connectivity applications with data rates up to 200Gbps.

BMOT is compatible with Space Development Agency Optical Communication Terminal (SDA OCT) standard. Optional features include two-way time transfer/ranging with sub-nanosecond accuracy and channel erasure coding for atmospheric turbulence induced fading mitigation.

Space Regenerative Processor

Blue Marble Communications’ radiation-hardened Space Regenerative Processor (SRP) integrates Software-Defined Modem/Transceivers (SDXs) with high-capacity Network Crosslink Switches (NCS) into a versatile on-board processing system for both digitally-transparent and regenerative applications. The SRP features redundant electronics power conditioning, monitor & control, and packet switching subsystems.

Modulation and coding are software-definable and currently available in industry-standard DVB-S2, DVB-S2X, and 5G NR, with custom waveforms available upon request. Transmit and receive frequencies for each channel are available in any combination of Baseband I/Q, Real IF, S-band, C-band, X-band, Ku-band, and Ka-band. The data interfaces feature a combination of 10/25GbE and 100GbE.

Software-Defined Modem/Transceiver

Blue Marble Communications’ 4-channel, radiation-hardened, SDX integrates radio frequency converters and reprogrammable modems into a single module.

Modulation and coding are software-definable and currently available in industry-standard DVB-S2, DVB-S2X, and 5G NR, with custom waveforms available upon request. Transmit and receive frequencies for each channel are available in any combination of Baseband I/Q, Real IF, S-band, C-band, X-band, Ku-band, and Ka-band. The data interfaces feature a combination of 10GbE and 1GbE with integrated Ethernet and/or MPLS switching capability.

nano Transmit/Receive Modules

Blue Marble Communications’ radiation-hardened nano-Transmit/Receive (nTRX) modules provide wideband radio-frequency conversion in a miniaturized package. When paired with BMC’s Software-Defined Modem/Transceiver (SDX), all frequency programming, monitoring, and power are supplied directly by SDX. If employed with a third-party modem, transmitter, receiver or transceiver, the monitor and control is accomplished through industry-standard SPI interface.

nTRX modules developed to date include:

• • Near Earth Network: 25.5-27.0GHz TX, 22.55-23.15GHz RX
• • Deep-Space Network: 31.8-32.3GHz TX, 34.2-34.7GHz RX
• • Q/V-band: 37.5-42.5GHz TX, 47.2-50.2GHz RX
• • E-band: 71.0-76.0GHz TX, 81.0-86.0GHz RX
• • W-band: 92.0-96.0GHz TX & RX

Software-Defined Graphical Processor

Blue Marble Communications’ radiation-tolerant SDGP integrates general purpose processor (GPP), graphical processing unit (GPU), and field programmable gate array (FPGA) into a single, high-performance, secure image processor for spaceborne applications.

Secure measured boot is provided via TCG-compliant HWRoT TPM 2.0 device. SDGP data interfaces feature a combination of 10GbE and 1GbE with integrated Ethernet/MPLS switching capability.