SatixFy UK Announces Availability of 2 New ASICs: Digital BeamFormer (Prime) and Ku Band RFIC (Beat), Enabling Amazingly Thin,Electronically Steered Multi-beam Antennas

London (ots/PRNewswire) – Program achieved in 2 years, is a result of
significant support from UK Space Agency and a close collaboration
with the European Space Agency

SatixFy UK is hosting a reception today to celebrate the completion
of UK Space Agency backed, Prime and Beat activities implemented
under the Core Competitiveness element of ESA’s programme of Advanced
Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES). SatixFy is pleased to
announce the availability of functional samples of its Prime –
digital-beam-former and Beat – Ku-band RFIC (Radio Frequency
Integrated Circuit) ASICs starting today. In addition to the ASICs,
SatixFy is pleased to announce availability of Prime and Beat
Evaluation Boards (EVBs) and a Micro Antenna Test Range (AMTR), used
to demonstrate system capabilities and design products based on those
chips. Together, these new chips can create new generation of flat
electronically steered antennas, with multiple beams and no moving
parts, at sizes and price points that were never seen before.

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SatixFy will be launching a series of products based on Prime and
Beat chips starting Q1 2019: antenna for short messaging mobility
applications which can handle IP and has the smallest form factor in
the market; In-flight connectivity and COTM (Communications On The
Move) terminals capable of multi-beam and LEO satellites
applications.

Less than 3 years ago, SatixFy UK was an idea in the mind of its
entrepreneurs and a paper proposed plan. „I met SatixFy late 2015 and
was impressed with their technology and will to take on such
challenges,“ says Terry Coxall, then DIT Space Specialist, „and was
excited taking them through the appropriate entities in the UK.“

Catherine Mealing-Jones, Director of Growth at the UK Space Agency,
said: „In a short space of time, SatixFy has become an important part
of the UK space sector, creating high quality jobs in Farnborough and
Manchester and developing world leading space technology. It is an
excellent example of how we can bring investment to the UK and
support innovative space companies to become really successful here,
whilst driving export opportunities.

„The UK Government’s Industrial Strategy sets out a clear vision for
the UK to become the world’s most innovative nation and we are
working with industry to capture 10% of the global space market by
2030.“

„We are pleased that SatixFy achieved this important milestone and is
moving fast to fulfill their ambitions. The activity demonstrates the
added value of ARTES CC in supporting Industry to develop innovative
and competitive products,“ says Domenico Mignolo, Head of Ground
Segment Technologies & Product section at European Space Agency.

„SatixFy has been able to rapidly solve an issue that has remained
one of the great challenges facing the satellite industry,“ says
Fabrizio de Paolis, Ground Segment Engineer, European Space Agency.
„There is now a concrete opportunity for the satellite industry to
enjoy high-volume production and consequent low costs per unit for a
variety of applications.“

SatixFy submitted its proposal in April 2016 and started its
operation in August 2016 with 27 new employees on board from its
first day.

„It is remarkable what we have been able to achieve in just over 2
years,“ says Yoel Gat, CEO of SatixFy group. „The ex-Qualcomm group
we hired with additional key employees headed by Moche Cohen did an
astonishing job. Having 2 new chips and EVBs ready in 2 years is a
world class achievement. I want to thank everyone who helped us
achieve it.“

Prime is the first commercial digital beam former ASIC implementing
true time delay for satellite communications. It intelligently
combines the radiation pattern from 32 elements simultaneously,
entirely in the digital domain and could be cascaded to any size of
antenna. Prime beam former is at the heart of electronically steered
antennas and can point, track and manage multiple beams at multiple
polarizations simultaneously.

Beat is a Ku-band RFIC supporting 4 antenna elements. Inside the Beat
SatixFy implements 4 independents transmit and receive channels at
any polarization. The chip realizes 8 PAs (Power Amplifiers) and 8
LNAs (Low Noise Amplifiers), thus making the implementation of
Electronically Steered Antenna straight-forward, low power and low
cost. It interfaces to the Prime on one side and directly to the
antenna radiating elements on the other side.

The design ingenuity lies in the fact that the number of chips can be
increased in line with the number of antenna elements, making the
architecture fully modular (the same ‚building block‘ can be used for
multiple applications) and scalable. This innovation not only has
immediate benefits for the business, but has wide-reaching
implications in its everyday application; facilitating the
development of products and services which were not feasible until
today.

„We are excited with the opportunities this technology open,“ says
Yoel Gat, CEO of SatixFy group. „For the first time in the satellite
industry we can offer complete low cost integrated terminals and can
truly address mass markets like connected cars and IoT. Our ASICs
work in tandem to provide functionality such as lower power and
higher performance.“

SatixFy’s celebratory event will be held on Nov 8th at the Churchill
War Room in London and will highlight 28 months of exciting growth in
the UK – in both Farnborough and Manchester.

About SatixFy

SatixFy designs next-generation satellite communication systems based
on in-house developed chipsets. With locations in Israel, UK and
Bulgaria, SatixFy develops a line of satellite communication SDR
modems and Electronically Steered Multi-Beam antennas that support
the most advanced standards, such as DVB-S2X and RCS2. SatixFy’s
ASICs radically increase system performance and reduce the weight,
size and power requirements of terminals, payloads and gateway
equipment. With satellite communication expertise and full
development capabilities, the company delivers the industry’s
smallest VSATs and multi-beam electronically steered antenna arrays
for a variety of mobile applications and services such as Connected
Car, IoT, consumer broadband, in-flight-connectivity, communication
payloads and more.

Media Contact:

Helena Itzhak

Helena.itzhak@satixfy.com

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