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Satellite Communications
is in Transformation
Paul Sandoval
Director of Sales
Nov 2018
Teledyne Paradise Datacom | SatCom Transformation Nov-18

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Teledyne Paradise Datacom
• Locations
• State College, PA
• Atlanta, GA
• Witham, UK
• Business Focus
• Medium-High Power SSPAs
• Satellite Modems & Networks
• Key Markets
• TV Broadcast (delivery via satellite)
• SCPC Data Networks
• Mobile Operators (SOTM)
• Satcom Teleports
• Cellular Operators (non-US)
Q-Flex Satellite Modem PowerMAX high-power
SSPA Systems:
INDOOR and OUTDOOR
Outdoor SSPAs
Q-Lite High Speed
Modem for
COMMs-On-The-Move
Applications
Indoor SSPAs

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Satellite Industry Trends
Losing C band to
5G etc.
Many more low
cost launches
Ultra-rich
space junkies
entering
All-IP networks
becoming
dominant
Worries about
cyber security
Military desire to use
commercial segments
Higher frequencies
Cost per MHz of satellite
bandwidth dropping
Changing
business models
LEO/MEO cubesat/
smallsat becoming real
Comms on the Move –
miniaturized modems
Increased use
of encryption
Increased use of higher
order modulations
(128/256 APSK) for
better bits/Hz
Increased focus on
security and resilience
Low/Medium & High
Throughput Modems
Next Gen GaN

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Example Markets & Key Attributes
Nov-18
Government Marine/ Oil & Gas SmallSat
Teleport, GSM Backhaul Mobile/Small Terminal Broadcast HTS
• Reliability, security utmost
• Spares availability
• High data rates
• High Throughput IP traffic
• Adoption of GaN BUCs
• Tri-band on cruise ships
• Size matters, power density
• Reliability
• Shock & vibration
• Certifications
• High power density
• Renewed interest in Tropo
• Encryption
• S-Band
• P2MP
• C-Band (Asia, Africa, US less)
• Ku (Europe)
• Reliable power, Spectrally
efficient Modcodes.
• HT IP traffic, Legacy or Mix
• Speed upgrades (3-4G => 5G)
• Wide temperature range,
rugged
• Interoperability
• Certifications
• SWaP vital
• High data rates, small
antennas
• Resiliency
• Growing market
• Unique requirements (MPEG
over IP, redundancy, video play
out, etc.)
• IP, legacy ASI, or Mix
• Moving to P2MP, HTS satellites
• Higher data rates
• LEO/MEO
• Upstart disruptors,
growing market
• No longer just academics
• Large Doppler shifts
• LEOs good for latency
• New protocols e.g. CCSDS
• Antenna tracking &
connection handoff challenges
Teledyne Defense Electronics | Paradise Datacom Overview

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TDMA/VSAT vs SCPC? => Old Paradigm
High Throughput Modems
• Bandwidth Aggregation
• Backhaul and Backbone
Infrastructure
Low-Medium Throughput
Modems
• Bandwidth Sharing
• SME. Consumer, IoT
• Moderate Cellular Backhaul
Edge
Core

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Cellular Backhaul-Requirement Evolution
2010 2020
2G-E1 (2-5 Mb/s)
3G (5-50 Mb/s)
4G LTE (10-100 Mb/s)
5G Multi Gb/s
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Q-Flex Satellite Modem
Danger of trapped investments as satellite equipment superseded
Streaming
ONE SYSTEM:
Bandwidth Adaptive

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Q-Flex ONE Platform - Many Specialized Configurations
Feature & speed upgradable in the field
Q-Flex P2P
Point to Point
Modem
Q-Flex V
Broadcast
Q-Flex E
Encrypted
Q-Flex
Multi-Flex
De-mod
Cards
Q-Lite
Manpack-COTM-
OEM Card
Q-Flex P2MP
Remote end for
multi-point
network
Q-Net
Point-Multi-Point
8 or 16 skinny
inbounds/ chassis
1 fat outbound –
can be DVB-S2x
Qube-Flex
SmallSat
Hun-in-a-Box
• Pt-Pt
• Pt-MultiPt
• Mesh
• Hybrid

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Infinitely Flexible Network Topologies
f1
f2, 3, 4
f2
f3
f4
f1
f2
f4
f3
Mesh
Point-to-MultipointPoint-to-Point
1
3
4
2
Hybrid
• Same Building Blocks
• Same platform
• Same firmware
 Interoperable
 Re-deployable
 Flexible
 Secure

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Matching Ground Segments to Sky Segments for LEO
Efficient Modems
• Support for CCSDS telemetry
standard
• Data rates to 60Mbps
• S-band frequency support
(2.2 to 2.45GHz)
• VHF/UHF frequency support
(200 to 433MHz)
• IF/L-band frequency support
Reliable RF Power
Low Cost Payload Design &
Manufacturing
Ku Processing
KuKa
• Complex microwave assemblies
• High performance filtering
• Space heritage

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Reliable RF Power –> Enable Spectral Efficiency
Extremely Compact, High Power Density 500W L-S Band Compact Outdoor
Enclosure in 1:1 Redundant System using integrated 1:1 redundancy control
27.5 GHz 32.0 GHz
80W Ka
Redundant SSPA
NEW
Wideband 100W Ka Band Amplifier
• Very high power density
• Antenna mountable
• GaAs and Next Gen. GaN
• MIL-STD-810F salt fog,
blowing dust, sand, rain etc.
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0
40
60
80
100
150
200
250
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
W
GaN
GaAs
2.2-2.3
2.02-2.12
5.85-6.425
5.85-6.725
7.9-8.4
12.75-13.25
13.75-14.5
14.0-14.5
27.5-31
KaKuXCS
Fall ‘18
Power(W)

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Teledyne Lin GaN enables Efficiency
• 5% roll off
• 16 APSK = 7.4 dB back off
• 20% roll off
• 16 APSK = 6 dB back off
• 35% roll off
• 16 APSK = 5 dB back off

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Uptime by Architecture
Traditional Redundant SystemPowerMax™ Phase Combined-Softfail Redundancy
• “Purely Parallel”, Fault Tolerant
• Switchless, Glitchless
• Automatic Gain Control Soft-Fail System
• No single point of failure.
• All Hot-Swap replaceable field assemblies.
• Options for Indoor, Outdoor
• High Level of Power in all Bands, i.e.
• 10KW X-Band and C-Band
• 3KW in Ku Band
• 2 KW Ka-Band
U.S. Patents
8,189,338 B2
8,411,447 B2
100% Power Standby
Vs.
PowerMax™ Redundancy
• One pipe fails
• Other 7 pick up
the slack
Soft-Fail Parallel
Redundancy Analogy

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Uptime by Architecture
System Parameter Single SSPA 1:1 Redundant System PowerMAX System
Approximate values applicable to all Bands and Powers
Redundant RF Reserve 0% 100% 1/N Reserve
MTTF 200,000 hours 500,000 hours > 106 hours
MTTR - - 10 hours
System Availability 52% 0.7684 0.999998
Reliability over 15
years
52% 77% 99.3%
(5) Nines of System Availability
Reliability
Comparison –
Example

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Teledyne Paradise Datacom Summary
• Major network evolution requires equipment
flexibility and resiliency to avoid trapped investments.
• Paradise modems based on ONE flexible,
interoperable, upgradeable and secure platform
• In New Space is driving Innovation, and Teledyne is at
the forefront matching ground and sky segments for
new constellations.
• Uptime by Architecture, leaders in reliable RF Power,

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