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

Product Releases

Release 4.0-4.1

Check out some of the most exciting features now available in Releases 4.0-4.1!

  • Enhanced MF-TDMA Return Access
  • Enhanced Transmission Security: TRANSEC Support
  • Modem Location Obfuscation
  • Platform Enhancements: NBI, Monitoring & Security

VSATs

High Performance, Versatile 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.