What we build.
Ka-band.
Steered electronically. Pointed mechanically.
- Transmit band, GHz
- 19.7–22.7
- Receive band, GHz
- 26.5–29.5
- Electronic scan
- ±60°
- Dual-polarised elements per tile
- 64
Four tiles make a 256-element panel. Tiles drawn to scale.
Deployable reflector
A mesh dish on a two-axis gimbal.
- Aperture
- 0.7 m
- Mass
- 8 kg
- Stowed, cm
- 22 × 21 × 71
- Pointing repeatability
- < 0.08°
Airavata.
Flight software that runs the spacecraft.
- Real-time Linux on Arm
- Boot and over-the-air updates
- Power, health and telemetry
Optical.
Laser links between Matsya spacecraft.