SkyEdge IV
Ultimate Platform for VHTS and Multi-Orbit Constellations
SkyEdge IV is Gilat’s next generation multi-service platform built with our new, advanced Elastix-Architecture. SkyEdge IV’s single platform for multi-orbit operation enables deployment on GEO Very High Throughput Satellites (VHTS) as well as Non-GEO Stationary (NGSO) constellations and operates a single and unified multi-orbit network.
SkyEdge IV System
Multi-Orbit Multi-Market Software-Defined Platform
Designed to provide the best ground segment solution for next-generation, multi-orbit Software-Defined Satellites placed in multi orbit, providing very high capacity over thoughts of concentrated beams focused on specific customers.
- Streamlined lifecycle management & orchestration via open platform interfaces
- Leverages cloud technologies maximizing operational efficiency and network agility
- Flexible scalable architecture with unprecedented density to support any network size and operational model with minimum footprint
- Rich feature set for any application, fixed or mobile
- Diverse modems optimized for specific markets
- Investment retention with backwards compatibility to SkyEdge II-c VSATs and unified management for SkyEdge IV and SkyEdge II-c
Elastix-Architecture
New Dimensions in Ground Segment Satellite Network Technology
Next-generation open architecture that provides the best solutions to the needs of future satellite networks at maximum efficiency (CapEx and OpEx) throughout the network’s lifecycle.
- Cloud-Based Ecosystem
- Multi-Orbit Satellite Constellations
- Software-Defined Satellites
- Elastix-Access
Elastix-TotalNMS
Pioneering Network Management for Ground-Space Harmony
Advanced, smart network management system for software-defined satellites and multi orbit ground systems featuring standard interfaces to next generation satellite resource managers and service orchestrators
- Smart management of multi-orbit networks and software-defined satellites
- Integrates with Satellite Resource Managers (SRM) and service orchestrators, utilizing standard REST interface and Kafka Big Data Streams
- High scalability and availability with a cloud-native microservices-based Kubernetes architecture
- Concurrent operation with SkyEdge IV and SkyEdge II-c deployments
- Seamless and quick multi-orbit, beam and satellite handover
- Rich service portfolio accommodates all MNO, Telco and ISP needs
Elastix-Access
Revolutionizing Return Technology
Optimizes network utilization, addressing speeds that are moving from Kbps to Gbps on a single terminal, with fast and dynamic adaption with maximum efficiency and availability.
- Saves 15% more on the space segment, under comparable conditions
- Return speeds of 750 Mbps (250Msps channel), enabled by industry’s widest 500Msps multi-channel receiver, are 2X faster than competition
- Elastix Dense Coding:
- Is 15% superior to standard LDPC
- Adapts to any application type with the widest dynamic operation range from -15dB to +15dB with 0.6dB resolution
- Optimized shared bandwidth for Elastix-SCPC & Real-TDMA
VSATs
Our VSAT portfolio features high-performance router/modems that enable next-generation, high-speed broadband services over satellite. They are tailored to address the performance, ruggedness and cost constraints of specific markets, including mobility applications, consumer broadband, cellular backhauling, and enterprise applications.
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