Orbital Gate

Orbital Gate

Ground stations as a service

A mobile ground station built into a shipping container and owned by the host country, and the software that schedules and synchronises a network of stations.

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Two products, one network

Hardware where you need it, software that runs the network

Mobile Ground Station

A complete station in an ISO 40 ft high-cube container. It ships by sea like any container, sets up where it is needed, and belongs to the country that hosts it. Six configurations, from a single tracking dish to 7.3 m GEO dishes.

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Scheduling and synchronisation software

One schedule for every station in the network: time and frequencies planned across sites, passes handed from station to station, and data synchronised between them under the owner's policies.

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Why a container

It ships like freight and arrives complete

  • It ships like freight

    ISO corner castings and a CSC plate: it lifts, stacks and travels by container ship and truck. Dishes, panels and masts fold or come off for transit.

  • It arrives complete

    Operations, compute, RF, power and cooling travel inside the container, ready to connect to shore power, data and fibre.

  • The country owns it

    The station belongs to the host country, which runs it on its own terms.

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Inside the container

Five bays, one station

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  • A

    NOC

    Operator positions with dual monitors and a video wall.

  • B

    Compute

    A rack of GPU compute, storage, networking and KVM, all front-access.

  • C

    RF

    Software-defined radios and modems, up/down converters, LNA and HPA control, and a GPS-disciplined reference clock.

  • D

    Power

    An LFP battery store behind an automatic transfer switch, so moving between shore or generator power and the batteries never interrupts the load.

  • E

    HVAC + I/O

    Cooling ducted over every bay, and the inlets for shore power, data and fibre.

Configurations

Six configurations

From a single tracking dish for low-earth orbit to ground-mounted dishes for GEO and MEO links.

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    Unit 001 · POC

    Single tracking dish

    2.4 m S/X tracking dish that works one satellite per pass and folds for transit.

    • UHF
    • S
    • X
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    Core unit

    Phased-array primary aperture

    Dual phased-array panels on posts above the roof.

    • UHF
    • S
    • X
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    Max satellites

    Multi-beam phased arrays

    Four S/X phased-array panels tilted north, south, east and west, plus UHF.

    • UHF
    • S
    • X
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    Max throughput

    Ka + X high-rate dishes

    A 2.4 m Ka dish and a 2.4 m S/X dual-polarisation dish.

    • S
    • X
    • Ka
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    GEO/MEO · 4.5 m

    Ground-mounted dish

    4.5 m dish on its own foundation beyond the container end.

    • S
    • X
    • Ku
    • Ka
    • L rx
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    GEO/MEO · 7.3 m

    Ground-mounted dish

    7.3 m dish on its own foundation beyond the container end.

    • S
    • X
    • Ku
    • Ka
    • L rx

Each configuration has a full specification, covering rates, contacts per day, power and reach. Ask for it.

How it works

From booking to delivery

  1. 01

    Schedule

    Contacts are booked across every station in the network, and conflicts are resolved before the pass.

  2. 02

    Track

    As the satellite rises, the station points its dish or forms a beam with its phased arrays.

  3. 03

    Receive

    Software-defined radios demodulate and decode the link at the station: CCSDS, AX.25, KISS.

  4. 04

    Route

    The gateway authenticates and routes the data. Sync moves it between sites under the owner's policies.

  5. 05

    Deliver

    Data reaches the control hub and the operator's own systems.

Who it's for

Built for the people who need ground capability

  • Countries and space agencies

    A national ground station the country owns, placed where it is needed.

  • Satellite operators

    Contacts with your spacecraft through a network of stations on one schedule.

  • Organisations within a country

    Research, telecom and public-service bodies that need satellite data on their own terms.

  • Ground-station operators

    Bring your existing stations into one schedule with others.

Questions

Is it available today?

Orbital Gate is in development. Early-access partners help shape the first units and the software.

Can we see the figures?

Yes, on request. Each configuration has a full specification, and the station designs can be explored in a 3D viewer with an access code.

Who owns the station?

The host country.

How does it get there?

By container ship and truck, like any 40 ft container. The dishes, panels and masts fold or come off for transit.

Which bands?

It depends on the configuration: UHF/VHF and S/X for TT&C, X and Ka for high-rate downlink, with Ku and L-band receive on the GEO/MEO dishes.

Can our existing stations join?

The software is built for federation: third-party stations join the same schedule.

Ground capability you own

Early-access partners help shape the first units and the software, and get the full specifications.

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